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Hobbyists do deserve to name their projects. And other people can name their projects the same thing. Not a big deal. (By the way, the reverse scenario here sh
by kweingar 4y ago
Hobbyists do deserve to name their projects. And other people can name their projects the same thing. Not a big deal.
(By the way, the reverse scenario here should be okay, too. If Google makes a project with with a common noun name, then others should be able to use that noun to name their projects.)
- ModernMech 4y agoIf Google can just stomp on anyone's name and that's fine by you, then what does it mean to say that hobbyists "deserve" to name their projects? What you're really saying is that whoever has the loudest voice backed by the most money gets claim over the name, regardless of who had claim to it first. In that world, hobbyists get whatever is leftover by by big corps, and don't really "deserve" anything.
- kweingar 4y ago> What you're really saying is that whoever has the loudest voice backed by the most money gets claim over the name, regardless of who had claim to it first. No, I’m saying that nobody has “claim over the name”. Naming collisions happen all the time, and I don’t know why we get so bent out of shape about it. There are two multibillion-dollar software companies called Epic. There are a million businesses called AAA. I’ve been to three different breakfast restaurants called Sunrise.