Re: [Apache-proj-name] closing it down

Since we voted on river and not jiniriver I think it only fair that we
go with the vote.

Incidentaly, there have been comments made suggesting the Apache
project should have a name associated with Jini while others have said
the spirit of Apache names is that they NOT have a relationship to the
technology represented by the project. As such I would propose that if
the new name offers some association to the Jini name and related
imagery it should not be utterly obvious in order to respect the
spirit of Apache naming. That is, the name should not have an obvious
connection to "Jini" but this community might have a story that links
the names in a manner that has meaning to us.

Given that the vote is already complete, we seem to be awaiting TM
approval on the first of the names: Apache River. Apache River may
have a FAQ in which is asked, "Why the name Apache River?" We now have
the opportunity to write that story and link the name back to Jini.
Meanwhile, let's allow the formal Apache River naming process to
proceed (to run its course, as it were).

Jeff

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of 
> Jim Hurley
> Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2006 12:44 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]
> Subject: [Apache-proj-name] closing it down
> 
> The mail to the users list last week evoked a couple of 
> responses -- but I don't think sufficient to derail us from 
> where we were headed.
> 
> The final tally (prioritized order) of names getting multiple 
> votes of support were:
>      * river
>      * damask
>      * constellation
>      * tonic
>      * shaman
> 
> Therefore, I'd like us to move ahead with "river".
> I've already made the changes to the Apache wiki (see the proposal
at:
> <http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/RiverProposal>).
> 
> If you have any last minute *strong* feelings of reservation 
> - please raise them now. We need to move ahead early this 
> week. I'd like to ask the initial committers on Monday or 
> Tuesday to move ahead with the incubator list and call for a vote.
> 
> I'll just throw one other "random" comment into the mix (with 
> the hopes that I'm not messing up things myself)... there has 
> been a strong feeling from some that the name should have 
> something to do or related to Jini (instead of just a "cool" 
> name) -- one thought I had was to adjust "river" with 
> "jiniriver". Not sure if that's a trademark violation or 
> not... but I don't think that name is bad and may help bridge 
> the  gap.
> What do you think?
> 
> If I don't hear strongly on going that way (or if people hate 
> that idea), we'll just move forward with "river".
> Let me know.
> 
> Thanks again for all your help -Jim
> 
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