Hi, After talking with the Answer development team about the brand name issue, there is some feedback from the team. They still want to use the answer as the project name, and they don't plan to provide commercial products or online services based on this project so far.
Please let me know if there are any other concerns about this project. I will start a vote next week if there are no other objections. Best regards, Willem Jiang Twitter: willemjiang Weibo: 姜宁willem On Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 11:14 PM tison <wander4...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > About the project name and trademark, according to the trademarks@ reply, > > > It is possible to use such a name on the understanding that obtaining a > > trademark for it is likely to be a more difficult (and longer) process. > > So it's viable and I also inform the initial committers to think of the > pros and cons. > > Let's say we don't have a blocker here but potential trade-offs. Apache > Arrow can be > a compare whose name is also a common word, and the community built up the > brand recognition so the name is associated with the project. > > Best, > tison. > > > Willem Jiang <willem.ji...@gmail.com> 于2023年9月21日周四 23:00写道： > > > Hi PJ, > > > > Thanks for the reply, I will talk to the team and find out if we can > > figure out a better name for it. > > I raised the same question when I first heard about the name, but it's > > hard for the team to give up the product word they already have > > without a solid objection. > > > > Willem Jiang > > > > Twitter: willemjiang > > Weibo: 姜宁willem > > On Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 9:36 PM PJ Fanning <fannin...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > > For me, Answer is a problematic name. We're trying to move away from > > > relying on the Apache brand name so project names ideally should work > > > with or without the Apache name. Answer does not work as a brand on > > > its own, it depends on being Apache Answer to make it seem like a > > > brand. I'm not saying that we should stop calling our projects Apache > > > XYZ yet but I just think the XYZ needs to work as a standalone project > > > name too. Even something like 'Answer Platform' and 'Apache Answer > > > Platform' might make the name more specific. Imagine trying to search > > > online for 'Answer'. There are more than 14 billion matches on Google. > > > > > > On Thu, 21 Sept 2023 at 13:51, Sheng Wu <wu.sheng.841...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > > > I have a question for the mentors, do you check whether this general > > > > word, `Answer` is an acceptable project name for the foundation? > > > > > > > > Sheng Wu 吴晟 > > > > Twitter, wusheng1108 > > > > > > > > Jean-Baptiste Onofré <j...@nanthrax.net> 于2023年9月21日周四 20:39写道： > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > It looks interesting at first glance. I will do a new pass on the > > > > > proposal (in more details). > > > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > > JB > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 2:00 PM Willem Jiang <willem.ji...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > We want to propose Answer as a new Apache Incubator project. > > > > > > > > > > > > Answer[1] is a question-and-answer (Q&A) platform software for > > teams > > > > > > at any scale to build a help center, knowledge base, community > > forum, > > > > > > etc. > > > > > > The key features of Answer: > > > > > > 1. Questions and Answers - Ask questions and get answers from your > > > > > > users and team. > > > > > > 2. Content Organization and Management - Organize your content with > > > > > > flag, moderation, and permission. > > > > > > 3. Content Management - Manage topics and discussions in the > > community > > > > > > with tags. > > > > > > 4. Reputation - Reward users for their contribution: answer, > > verify, > > > > > > and upvote correct info. Always keep the information up-to-date. > > > > > > > > > > > > I'd be happy to be the Champion of this project, and may Thanks to > > > > > > Zili Chen <tison AT apache.org>， Justin Mclean <jmclean AT > > > > > > apache.org>, and Christofer Dutz <cdutz AT apache.org> for > > mentoring > > > > > > the answer project and helping us polish the incubating > > proposal[2]. > > > > > > > > > > > > The word answer is a generic name, and trademarking it is > > impossible. > > > > > > But if we add the prefix of Apache, it could be more reasonable to > > > > > > use. I look forward to your feedback and thank you for your help. > > > > > > > > > > > > [1]https://github.com/answer.dev/ > > > > > > [2] > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/INCUBATOR/Answer+Proposal > > > > > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > > > > > > > Willem Jiang > > > > > > > > > > > > Twitter: willemjiang > > > > > > Weibo: 姜宁willem > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
