On Thu, 2005-12-01 at 17:47 +0100, Hanno Böck wrote:
Hi,
I hope this is the right place for such a question.
While I was discussing a free software project with a friend, we came to the question how to name our project.
The problem: It's nearly impossible to find a name that isn't used somewhere else. And even if the name is absolutely new, you can't be sure if someone thinks that it sounds similar to something else. Now, how can someone be sure to choose a name for a project and that I won't be sued for it? As there were a lot of strange lawsuits because of project names (e.g. the mobilix-case), it seems nearly impossible to be safe with it.
Any suggestions about that?
1. don't worry straight away about finding a name
2. set up a "contest" for finding a name, and include your worried in the rules.
It certainly helps, in order to give smart suggestions, to know some information, like what does your Free Software project do?
Rui