This proposal should be good to go :D

Best,
tison.


Willem Jiang <willem.ji...@gmail.com> 于2023年9月28日周四 18:34写道:

> 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
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
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