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Re: GIFT/giFT conflict |
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Wed, 16 Jul 2003 23:46:08 -0700 |
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On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 08:28:51AM +0200, Wolfgang M?ller wrote:
> Hi,
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> > Please let me know what your opinion is on this matter so that I know how
> > to proceed.
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> [As a c++ programmer, I do not have any problems with GIFT/giFT ;-)
> More seriously, as archive names are lowercase, this is a problem.]
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> Thanks for contacting me. I have been aware of this conflict for quite some
> time (but your project was already running and very active), and seeing the
> activity difference, I refrained from telling you to change your name.
Someone brought this to my attention quite a long while ago but I thought the
project was actually long since dead and pretty much irrelevant (I admittedly
didn't look into it much). So I figured it more like we were taking over the
name with an active project rather than conflicting with it. I should have
done my homework before dismissing it, sigh.
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> Debians have contacted me lately. They suggested calling the GIFT GnuIFT
> within Debian. I personally would be OK with it, and the logo is compatible
> with that, too. In addition to that, it might be good to put links on our
> [Gg][Ii]FT pages, citing potential conflicts, there are our two projects,
> and there is some JAVA graphic library of that name AFAIK (not sure).
I would certainly be fine with that. I'll have the page updated soon, in
fact.
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> Are you OK with me forwarding your mail and this mail to our mailing list
> and let people give their nod?
Certainly.
>
> Cheers,
> Wolfgang
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Josh Guilfoyle
http://jasta.gotlinux.org/
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