Re: Ada Components - GRACE Lists

[nickroberts@ukf.net (Nick Roberts)]

On Sat, 23 Feb 2002 01:26:29 GMT, Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com>
strongly typed:

>3  I have a request in about the name, but only got a response that the 
>request was being forwarded. Its tough going because I can't find any 
>contact information for the folks who made the old Ada83 "GRACE" 
>components. I think they may be essentially dead and gone. Given that, 
>and the fact that they trademarked "GRACE" and not "Grace", I think we 
>may be OK using the name (at least tenatively during the beta stages), 
>but I'm sure some will disagree.

Might it be possible for you to contact the US trademarking authority to
see if you can get a confirmation that it was never trademarked, or that it
has officially lapsed, or maybe contact information?

I have a suspicion that "Grace" would not be trademarkable, since it is an
English (dictionary) word. I'm really not sure about "GRACE".

>4  Before releasing what I have, I'm beginning to think the effort 
>requires something considerably more formal that what we have been 
>working for. In particular, I'd like to see a full-blown CVS-controlled 
>project, perhaps hosted on Savannah or AdaPower. 

You will have to ask David Botton, but I myself have no objection to you
using the ASCL 'slot' on AdaPower.net, should you wish. (I never uploaded
anything to AdaPower.net/ASCL.) It may be an idea to consult Michael
Erdmann also.

>This would also allow 
>us to take some of the discussion traffic off of the newsgroup, which I 
>think some here would be very appreciative of.

I personally have no objection (to the discussion being on comp.lang.ada).

>Mostly what has been sidetracking progress is that I'd like to do 4, but 
>to do it we need some kind of resolution of 3 (I'd imagine changing the 
>name of a hosted project would be a real pain).

Surely you could host it under a 'working name' that wouldn't confuse
anyone ("Ada Container Library" or indeed "ASCL") and release it under its
proper name when the time comes?

>I just got back from my 2 week Olympic vacation and came across this.
>(I survived the 2002 winter olympics)

Gosh, did you actually compete in something? (Pardon my ignorance.)

All the best,
-- 
Nick Roberts