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I think it's a bad idea to name your project after a very, very popular childrens' character and then go 1 step further and use the same color scheme for your p
by wccrawford 15y ago
I think it's a bad idea to name your project after a very, very popular childrens' character and then go 1 step further and use the same color scheme for your page.
1, It's going to incur wrath.
2, It's really, really hard to search for.
- dshipper 15y agoDefinitely legitimate concerns. It grew out of reversing the word git since it's git integrated task management and adding an extra ger. I'll definitely think about changing it - maybe shorten it to tig?
- mgkimsal 15y agogitask ? gitask.com is open
- spacemanaki 15y agoYou might have already decided on gitask or gittask, but I think tig is already used by some curses-based interface to Git. https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Tig https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Tig
- dshipper 15y agoThanks for the heads up
- nhebb 15y ago> 1, It's going to incur wrath. Yeah, especially when the company is Disney. Remember, these are the folks that tried to trademark "Seal Team 6" after the Bin Laden raid.
- dshipper 15y agoMy understanding of copyright laws is that they only apply when the term is being used in the same space as another copyright. So if I made another cartoon character named tigger that would be illegal, but creating something completely separate (especially something like OS software where I'm not really selling anything) the copyright doesn't really apply. I'm gathering from HN that this is an incorrect interpretation, can anyone explain it to me?
- benologist 15y agoYou probably can't afford to be right, their lawyers however can afford to be wrong.
- dshipper 15y ago+1
- msbarnett 15y agoConsider: even if your interpretation were legally correct, what matters is your ability to convince a court to say so when Disney sues you. That's probably an enormous expense that you'd be better off avoiding altogether by changing the name. Rebranding is also a lot easier now than once you've grown large enough to have shown up on Disney's radar.
- warwick 15y agoYou're thinking of trademarks, not copyright. If it has potential to cause customer confusion, it might be a trademark violation. A company is required to defend their trademarked terms, otherwise they may become generic terms. (Standard I Am Not a Lawyer disclaimer. Go talk to a real one if you're worried.)
- katieben 15y agoAw, I like the name, I was drawn to it because it was called Tigger. Though as a female programmer I might be in the minority.. (:
- JWLong 15y agoyeah... it made me happy too...
- 8ig8 15y agoSearching is a serious consideration, but I think most people will search for something like 'tigger task manager' or 'tigger cli'. There's enough differentiation between this app and the children's character. On the other end of the spectrum is 'Numbers', Apple's spreadsheet app. Try Googling for help with that one. Same thing with 'Pages'. If you need help managing you animated big cat project with pooh and eeyore thru Tigger, then you might be in trouble.
- nuxi 15y ago3. It doesn't obey the "remove at least one vowel from name" rule. Rename to Tiggr and you're all set (almost).