Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 01:19:32 08/17/00
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On August 17, 2000 at 03:29:53, Jason Williamson wrote: >On August 17, 2000 at 02:07:46, Martin Grabriel wrote: > >>I don't think you can reserve a product name when the product is not >>materialised yet. But I may be wrong. >>Anyway, even "Rebel" has been used by both Ed Schroder and a company which >>produces "Rebel Strip Poker" (I am sure Ed didn't produce the latter). >>"Shredder" has also been used as a name in a software related to file security. >>I have also seen "Fritz" being used as name for some hardware. Use any search >>engine and type the popular brand names for chess...many things crop up.. >> >>On August 17, 2000 at 01:55:28, Jason Williamson wrote: >> >>>Whats the traditional way of doing this? I have started work on my engine...(if >>>you can call learning how to write the basic algorithims work) ... and have a >>>name in mind for it. So, when is it ok to basicly say that name is taken? >>> >>>JW > >Don't get me wrong, I don't mean to "reserve it" outside the chess world. I >mean to let other people know that I would be using the name as a chess engine, >and that other people might not then try to name their engine that. > >JW Just start referring to your engine by that name. Of course, you might find that there is already another engine with the same name... :) Dave
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