On Thu, Dec 12, 2024 at 1:13 AM Alexander Sorokoumov <
aleksandr.sorokou...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I absolutely love Gunther with its lore and that it rhymes with Hunter,
> even if it comes with an extra commitment :). I also really like Tapio.
>
> My 2 proposals are Midnight and Eddie. There is no good reason; I just like
> the bands The Midnight and Iron Maiden (Eddie is a mascot) :). Since we are
> in a different domain, they should not offend the trademarks, should they?
>

Generally not, but now that you publicly made the connection, then yes,
they would.

Linux Mandrake eventually had to change its name for this reason. (I guess
they had the cartoon figure as their mascot too.)

Apple (Steve Jobs vs Beatles) is another famous example of being in the
different domain and still getting into trouble.

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