On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 12:57 PM, Roman Shaposhnik <ro...@shaposhnik.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 8:36 AM, Christian Grobmeier > <grobme...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Not saying anything on the proposal itself, I would be concerned because > > of the name Silk. > > There is this: > > http://lucidworks.com/product/integrations/silk/ > > which is related to Apache Solr and Lucene and also gets some attention. > > While it may not solve the same thing, I wouldn't use the name Silk at > > least because > > it somehow works with other Apache products. It could lead to confusion. > > > > If the podling is accepted, I suggest to consider this before resources > > are created > > Yup. Hence the following set of potential names: > > >> > * Apache Silk (preferable name) > >> > * Apache Sylk > >> > * Apache Memstor > >> > * Apache Ignite > > It would be very useful if we can get feedback on > the most/least pref. ones from that list. > Memstor is a trademark in the US: http://www.kingleetech.com/membrane-chemicals/additional-products/membrane-storage-products/memstor I'd actually wondered about Membrain, but that's a different chemical product. Sylk is an adult product whose URL I'm not visiting at the office. I'd think Ignite is a standard-enough English word that no one could reasonably claim exclusivity (but IANAL). Don
