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I think if your project goes dormant for years, and was never really that big of a thing to begin with, that you kind of give up naming rights, don't you?
by JohnDeHope 4y ago
I think if your project goes dormant for years, and was never really that big of a thing to begin with, that you kind of give up naming rights, don't you?
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- richeyryan 4y agoThe original Hyperscript still gets talked about, at least in the React and Solid communities and if only in conversations about the relative merits of different rendering methods. I wouldn't feel comfortable naming a project Zepto today. Why muddy the waters unnecessarily?
- JohnDeHope 4y agoI'll admit those aren't my circles, so if I'm wrong to say the older project never hit critical mass, I'm sorry.
- SahAssar 4y agoHyperscript still has mindshare as a syntax even though it doesn't as a project. It is often an (sometimes indirect) inspiration for syntaxes used by microframeworks.
- postalrat 4y agoOr it has all the needed features and no bugs.
- mminer237 4y agoNot saying this directly applies, but under the Lanham Act, nonuse of a trademark for three consecutive years is prima facie evidence of abandonment.