Re:OpenWarp
by nothinkjustai on Thursday April 30, 2026 @10:44PM
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Not rude, not the same name.
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Re:OpenWarp
by adamhartenz on Friday May 01, 2026 @12:16AM
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It is not the "open" version of Warp. Warp is already open. So the name is rude.
You probably can't name a project OpenWarp for the same reason you can't name a search engine OpenGoogle, even though it's a different name to the original. In this case, it's particularly confusing because the original warp project _is_ now open source.
I used Warp a bit on Windows. It looked promising, but didn't work quite as well as I would have liked. It's great that it's been open sourced.
Does anyone keep a DB somewhere of open source project names?
I think it would be better to give the code fork a different name.... And maybe move it off Github!!
You can't name something OpenGoogle, because the Google name is trademarked.
Is Warp trademarked?
It is, and the discussion is about etiquette, not law.
Re:OpenWarp
by satvikpendem on Thursday April 30, 2026 @11:24PM
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Yes it is, as another person has replied.
Re:OpenWarp
by wahnfrieden on Friday May 01, 2026 @02:19AM
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unregistered_trademark
Even if it is not a registered trademark, it can be enforceable as a trademark due to common law
I do have to admit, when I saw Warp I thought of OS/2, a long forgotten Win32-compatible OS by IBM, btw, does anyone know if IBM trademarked Warp?
Definitely rude, too close to the same name. Warp just recently open sourced their client, a [not community] personal fork should be more considerate.
Re:OpenWarp
by victorbjorklund on Friday May 01, 2026 @03:45AM
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Try do create a game called ”Open Pokémon Go” and see if it works or not.