[Twisted-Python] Re: suggestions for naming to help us preserve a Twisted Trademark
Hi:
When choosing which prefix to use, I would suggest against being too concerned with which obscure software project already uses it. ToscaWidgets is still in alpha according to their webpage, which hasn't been updated in ages. I don't mean to deride another project, but considering the high rate of failure of most OSS projects, unless it has a community inertia as large as or larger than Twisted's, I say every project for itself.
I would be tempted to use a prefix like tsf or twsf so there is a closer association to the Twisted Software Foundation, the entity that is the custodian of Twisted. I know little about trademark law (especially in the U.S) but I think there are benefits when the legal entity and the product/service share a name (trade name) Cheers, Andrew
On 06:10 pm, andrewfr_ice@yahoo.com wrote:
I would be tempted to use a prefix like tsf or twsf so there is a closer association to the Twisted Software Foundation, the entity that is the custodian of Twisted. I know little about trademark law (especially in the U.S) but I think there are benefits when the legal entity and the product/service share a name (trade name)
I don't think those benefits would apply here. For one thing, the TSF is not a legal entity; it's an abstraction over the Twisted project's membership in the SFC, the Software Freedom Conservancy. Also, I am suggesting we need a name specifically for projects *not* a part of the Twisted project or the TSF or the SFC, just related to the technology.
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