On 31 July 2012 10:06, Jon Ciesla <limburgher@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Máirín Duffy <duffy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Máirín Duffy <duffy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> > *IANAL ALERT* >>> > >>> > I think there's an advantage to added an adjective to the front in that >>> > it makes it less likely there's a trademark conflict. >>> >> On Tue, 2012-07-31 at 10:35 -0500, Jon Ciesla wrote: >>> That makes sense, but *please* no alliteration, for aforementioned reasons. >> >> Some ideas to differentiate: >> >> - Adverbs instead of adjectives > > Interesting. > >> - Rhymes instead of alliteration > > I like it, but difficult to do with many elements. The only thing I > can think of that rhymes with oxygen is doxygen. doesn't xen rhyme with oxygen? Or is oxygen like orange In any case, the issue is that elements are trademarked left and right. Planets, mythology, astronomy are trademarked left and right. Which brings up the question.. when does trying to avoid trademark problems take longer and more work than it takes to have something fun? Especially when it is something so ethereal to only last a year to 18 months? -- Stephen J Smoogen. "Don't derail a useful feature for the 99% because you're not in it." Linus Torvalds "Years ago my mother used to say to me,... Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. You may quote me." —James Stewart as Elwood P. Dowd _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
