[DRAFT] Parrot module ecosystem

[Geoffrey Broadwell]

On Wed, 2009-08-12 at 06:57 -0400, Jeff Horwitz wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Aug 2009, kjstol wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Just a note on this name "aviary"... (I'm not really following this
> > thread in detail, just browsing).
> > The name "aviary" is also the name of a Firefox plugin (capturing
> > screenshots etc). So, I'm not sure what the idea was with using this
> > name, but it introduces name conflicts/ambiguity, and/or perhaps even
> > legal issues.

Allison mentioned at one point calling it 'Parrot Aviary', and we just
refer to it as 'Aviary' among project team members.  IANAL of course,
but my layman understanding of trademark law is that as long as we use
the full name in public-facing text, we're good -- in the same way that
both 'Microsoft Word' and 'Word' are used to refer to the same piece of
software, but as long as the the long version is always used in
consumer-oriented text, the trademark is still safe and unambiguous.

> i always liked "plumage". :)

That's also a good one!  It also has a connotation of add-ons to the
central Parrot rather than "other birds".


-'f