Re: [JiniProposal at Apache] Name options

On Oct 13, 2006, at 11:27 AM, Jeff Dahl wrote:
> So Jim, what were the results of the survey?  Did I miss the
> announcement?
>
> Thanks -Jeff

Sorry for the lack of communication... I was out last week at
ApacheCon ( <http://www.us.apachecon.com/> ), talking to folks
to promote and progress our Proposal. I presented Jini in the
Incubator FastTrack/Lightning Round session:
  <http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/ApacheConFastTrack>.
There was a good response. One thing that was interesting to me
overall was the number (at least four or five) of other projects that
talked about having to rename or naming issues -- so we're not
alone! (Not that it helps ;-)).

As for the results of the survey - thanks to all that responded (134
in total). I will get the detailed results out later today. "aladin" was
the choice of most, with 28.8% of the vote.

Which gets to the other reason for my lack of publication of the
results (I had hoped on just publicizing the vote winner and getting
on with it) -- there are some potential TM issues associated with that
name that were uncovered. From people far more knowledgeable
about TM policy than I... different spelling virtually never makes
enough difference in trademark circumstances. Apparently, the
legal test of infringement is usually whether there is a likelihood
of confusion between two marks, not whether there is exact
identity (spelling, etc).

(Grumble)

Anyways, we've vetted the other top choices and I believe we
have a name that will work. Details in the results mail forthcoming.

thanks -Jim

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