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Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> writes:
>> sorry , it's not related to c++ lang directly, but c++ is related to my 
>> project :-) , so maybe someone will be so kind to answer this...
>>
>> I'm about to start open source project and I've chosen a name. Looks 
>> like it's not used anywhere.
>> how do I make sure I have all rights to this name?
>> is it enough to create web site and announce the start of this project?
>
> Better to publish it on sites like github and freshmeat.net, so others
> can find it more easily.
>
> I don't know if your worries are justified or not, but this at least
> helps against accidental naming problems (it's where /I/ would look
> for conflicting names).

In general it's kind of a hard problem, because most single sites or
other sources of info -- e.g. debian package names -- tend to reflect
certain communities, so to be realllly sure, you need to check quite a
few places.

[and then you discover the awful true: all names have already been used
... :]

--miles

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lies about us.' The world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward.

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about software name... unclebob <unclebob@localhost.unclebob> - 2011-12-23 18:32 -0500
  Re: about software name... Victor Bazarov <v.bazarov@comcast.invalid> - 2011-12-24 08:58 -0500
  Re: about software name... Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2011-12-25 15:57 +0000
    Re: about software name... Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> - 2011-12-26 11:05 +0900
      Re: about software name... BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2011-12-25 21:55 -0700
  Re: about software name... Paul N <gw7rib@aol.com> - 2011-12-28 12:28 -0800

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