And variants thereof perhaps
I’m a massive fan of - and indeed contribute data to - the weather underground project, but the naming has always made me a little uncomfortable.
More likely
1. they will not ask
2. If they ask they will care
3. If they care they will not with a short explanation
this seem like a non-issue, and if the biggest thing you have to worry about is some C Level with a stick up their ..... well I think you have nothing to worry about then
the name is fine...
That depends on who you ask... People who are fans of, e.g., ThePirateBay probably would disagree with you.
Also, there's a shipping service called PirateShip that's totally legal (it's basically a frontend to USPS shipping labels). The website is pretty amusing with the "Arr, matey!" stuff.
Maybe we're on different webs, but in my mind "pirate" has good connotations. As in, a rebel, a free spirit, a fighter of oppression.
Alternatively, imagine what the world would be like if we spent less time thinking about what C-suite executives think.
I'm imagining designing a software product around this and presenting it to a C-Level, explaining that we use "PirateWeather" and I think I'm going to get grilled with lots of questions and concerns based on the name alone.
This is a good service and should be "branded" with a better name. Maybe a play on the whole DarkSky name like LightSky or "Sunset" which works exceptionally well since DarkSky was sunset by Apple. Maybe StarrySky, LateSky, NewSky.
I am usually someone who says that names don't matter as much as people think they do, but PirateWeather just seems like a huge hit in the wrong direction. But the product is solid so maybe it can survive despite the name.