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Subject: Need a new name!
Hi folks,
I have just received a letter from a lawyer representing the company Blackboard Inc., Washington DC, USA, that is the owner of the name "Blackboard" in several countries. They kindly let me know that I cannot use that name for my bulletin board software and I need to find another one until the end of the year. I will abide by the law and rename BlackBoard to something else in the next weeks.
We had a similar discussion about another name already, because some people didn't really like it. Now we're forced to find something else. Since my limited creativity may lead to strange results, I'm asking all BlackBoard users to help me with this. I have the following ideas about the new name in my mind:
I thought about a Greek or Latin word, or two of them, they sound good, can have meanings most people won't understand
(incl. me 
) and should be more rare then common English words which makes it more unique on the web.
Remember that BlackBoard is some kind of "open discussion web board". It's open-source, PHP-based and claims to be intuitive to use and secure in operation. I greatly hope that some of you have interesting ideas, I count on you!
Deutsche Zusammenfassung:
Ich wurde soeben von einem Rechtsanwalt aufgefordert, den Namen "BlackBoard" aufzugeben, da der bereits einer US-amerikanischen Firma gehört. Ich habe bis Ende des Jahres Zeit, mir was neues auszudenken. Ich dachte an folgende Eigenschaften des neuen Namens:
Etwas Griechisches oder Lateinisches wäre vielleicht gut, aber nicht erforderlich. Zur Erinnerung: BlackBoard ist ein "offenes Web-Diskussionsforum", open-source, PHP-basiert und es soll einfach bedienbar und sicher sein. Ich hoffe auf interessante Ideen von euch!
I have just received a letter from a lawyer representing the company Blackboard Inc., Washington DC, USA, that is the owner of the name "Blackboard" in several countries. They kindly let me know that I cannot use that name for my bulletin board software and I need to find another one until the end of the year. I will abide by the law and rename BlackBoard to something else in the next weeks.
We had a similar discussion about another name already, because some people didn't really like it. Now we're forced to find something else. Since my limited creativity may lead to strange results, I'm asking all BlackBoard users to help me with this. I have the following ideas about the new name in my mind:
- It MUST be free of claims, so it must not be registered as a name, trademark or whatever else.
- It SHOULD be easily remindable and pronounceable in most languages, but English would be OK, too.
- It SHOULD be easy to find in search engines, so entering that name alone should ideally lead to this website within the first some results.
I thought about a Greek or Latin word, or two of them, they sound good, can have meanings most people won't understand
(incl. me ) and should be more rare then common English words which makes it more unique on the web.Remember that BlackBoard is some kind of "open discussion web board". It's open-source, PHP-based and claims to be intuitive to use and secure in operation. I greatly hope that some of you have interesting ideas, I count on you!
Deutsche Zusammenfassung:
Ich wurde soeben von einem Rechtsanwalt aufgefordert, den Namen "BlackBoard" aufzugeben, da der bereits einer US-amerikanischen Firma gehört. Ich habe bis Ende des Jahres Zeit, mir was neues auszudenken. Ich dachte an folgende Eigenschaften des neuen Namens:
- Frei von Forderungen, nicht bereits von einer anderen Firma oder sonstwem registriert.
- Sollte einfach auszusprechen und leicht zu merken sein.
- Sollte mit Suchmaschinen schnell zu finden sein.
Etwas Griechisches oder Lateinisches wäre vielleicht gut, aber nicht erforderlich. Zur Erinnerung: BlackBoard ist ein "offenes Web-Diskussionsforum", open-source, PHP-basiert und es soll einfach bedienbar und sicher sein. Ich hoffe auf interessante Ideen von euch!
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