It is vexed because when pronounced by many people, it sounds almost identical to how those same people would pronounce Mesos.
That can lead to confusion. On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Chris Aniszczyk <caniszc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Again, how isn't this a viable name? > > There is no trademark on the word Mysos and it's not like we didn't do our > homework before bringing the project to Apache. > > You're welcome to consult TESS in the US ( http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/) and > the EU equivalent (https://oami.europa.eu/eSearch/#basic/1+1+1+1/mysos) > > Thanks. > > On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 3:05 PM, P. Taylor Goetz <ptgo...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > It looks like the project already has a Twitter account and a logo [1]. > > > > One thing to keep in mind is how difficult it can be to re-brand > something > > after a brand has been established. > > > > IMHO, it would be best to figure out a viable name as early as possible > to > > avoid having to re-brand later in order to graduate. Based on this and > > other threads, it seems entirely possible that the board may not accept > > "Mysos" as a TLP name. > > > > -Taylor > > > > [1] https://twitter.com/apachemysos > > > > > > > On May 30, 2015, at 11:21 AM, Chris Aniszczyk <caniszc...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > Personally, I would let the project decide how to move forward with the > > > name than a bunch of us who aren't trademark lawyers. If it was > something > > > obvious, than that would make sense, but I briefly consulted our legal > > team > > > internally and the name was cleared for usage since there are no marks > > > registered and there was no likelihood of confusion. > > > > > > > > > > > >> On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 7:45 AM, Joe Brockmeier <j...@zonker.net> > wrote: > > >> > > >>> On Fri, May 29, 2015, at 12:00 PM, Jake Farrell wrote: > > >>> Bringing back comments from a separate thread on board@ > > >>> > > >>> Sorry to see your vote of a -1 on the proposal due to the name. This > > was > > >>> raised during the discussion phase and as stated in the discussion we > > are > > >>> not against a name change, but saw it as something that was not a > > blocker > > >>> to entering incubation. > > >>> > > >>> We did an initial name search on our own and there are no collisions > on > > >>> Mysos externally and we have two Mesos PMC members on the project > that > > >>> did > > >>> not see any problems with the name, Dave and Vinod are both on the > > Mesos > > >>> PMC. > > >>> A note has been sent to the Mesos PMC private@ list regarding the > > Mysos > > >>> proposal and the project name and asked that comments be brought back > > to > > >>> here. > > >> > > >> I agree with Bertrand - might as well change the name *now* rather > than > > >> dealing with it at a later date. > > >> > > >> AIUI, Mysos is a combination of MySQL and Mesos -- which also could > mean > > >> potential TM headaches for the podling. > > >> > > >> Best, > > >> > > >> jzb > > >> -- > > >> Joe Brockmeier > > >> j...@zonker.net > > >> Twitter: @jzb > > >> http://www.dissociatedpress.net/ > > >> > > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > >> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Chris Aniszczyk > > > http://aniszczyk.org > > > +1 512 961 6719 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > > > > -- > Cheers, > > Chris Aniszczyk > http://aniszczyk.org > +1 512 961 6719 >
