[PODLINGNAMESEARCH-120] Establish whether "Apache Guacamole" is a suitable name

• Type: Suitable Name Search
• Status: Resolved
• Resolution: Fixed
• Podling: Apache Guacamole
• Proposed Name: Apache Guacamole

Evidence Of Open Source Adoption

Ohloh - searching for "guacamole" yields 5 results:

1 - "newdark's guacamole" - "A deck builder for Magic"

https://www.openhub.net/p/newdarks_guacamole

2 - "guacamole" - "... a project that aims to create a comfortable way to write lo-fi/retro-style 2D games in the Lua scripting language."

https://www.openhub.net/p/guacamole

3 - "Apache Guacamole (incubating)" - The podling in question

https://www.openhub.net/p/guac

4 - "avocadicide" - "... an Integrated Development Environment for developing Guacamole projects, written using wxLua."

https://www.openhub.net/p/avocadicide

5 - "meta-guacamayo" - "meta-guacamole overlay for Poky/Yocto"

https://www.openhub.net/p/meta-guacamayo

Sourceforge - searching for "guacamole" yields 9 results:

1 - "Apache Guacamole (incubating)" - The SourceForge page of the podling in question prior to migration

https://sourceforge.net/projects/guacamole/

2 - "Guacamole Install Script" - A third-party install script for automating installation of Apache Guacamole

https://sourceforge.net/projects/guacamoleinstallscript/

3 - "SharkLinux" - A third-party distribution which professes to provide easy installation of Apache Guacamole, among other things

https://sourceforge.net/projects/sharklinux/

4 - "Unattended Resolution in A Nutshell - OS" - A third-party project that integrates some sort of Apache Guacamole management features

https://sourceforge.net/projects/uranos/

5 - "Myrtille" - A similar project which compares itself to Apache Guacamole within its description

https://sourceforge.net/projects/myrtille/

6 - "guacamole-auth-h2" - A third-party authentication extension for Apache Guacamole using H2DB

https://sourceforge.net/projects/guacamoleauthh2/

7 - "html5remote" - A third-party repackaging of Apache Guacamole and a similar, SSH-specific solution

https://sourceforge.net/projects/html5remote/

8 - "Guacamole Rails" - A third-party interface layer for integrating Apache Guacamole with Ruby

https://sourceforge.net/projects/guacamolerails/

9 - "distfile" - An empty project with no description which was created with the internal name "guacamole-client".

https://sourceforge.net/projects/guacamole-client/

The same user has a similar project named "distfiles" which contains several repackagings of releases of Apache Guacamole:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/distfiles/

GitHub - searching for "guacamole" yields 1,398 results:

https://github.com/search?p=1&q=guacamole&type=Repositories&utf8=%E2%9C%93

A quick read through the first few pages reveals:

* A repository containing a collection of machine learning tools
* A DNA sequencing-related framework for Apache Spark
* A rendering system
* Several recipes for the dip
* Numerous forks of old and current Apache Guacamole repositories

Google Code - searching for "guacamole" yields 2 results:

1 - "guacamole" - The same project listed by Ohloh above
2 - "avocadicide" - The same project listed by Ohloh above

Evidence Of Registration

Searching USPTO TESS for "guacamole" produces too many results to be useful. Searching for "guacamole" AND "software" limits the results to 9, exactly one of which contained "guacamole" within the mark. Searching for "(guacamole)[BI,TI] and (software or computer)[GS] and (live)[LD]" found that same single result:

http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=87381711&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch

Word Mark HOLY GUACAMOLE!
Goods and Services IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S: Computer game programs; Computer game software; Computer game software downloadable from a global computer network; Computer game software for gambling machines; Computer game software for use on mobile and cellular phones; Computer software and firmware for playing games of chance on any computerized platform, including dedicated gaming consoles, video based slot machines, reel based slot machines, and video lottery terminals; Downloadable computer software for playing casino games, slot games, lottery games, online wagering games and online electronic games; Downloadable computer game software via a global computer network and wireless devices; Electronic game programs; Electronic game software; Interactive game programs; Interactive game software; Downloadable computer game programs; Downloadable electronic game programs

Evidence Of Use On World Wide Web

Searching Google for "guacamole" yields results for the dip, with Apache Guacamole's website appearing on the second page of results, followed by yet more dip.

Searching Google for "guacamole software" yields Apache Guacamole itself, its old home on SourceForge, articles about Apache Guacamole, and projects related to Apache Guacamole.

• Assignee: Shane Curcuru
• Reporter: Mike Jumper
• Created: 21/Apr/17 05:17
• Updated: 01/Jun/17 01:25
• Resolved: 31/May/17 20:22

Description

The name "Guacamole" was essentially randomly chosen when the project began roughly 7 years ago. See: http://guacamole.incubator.apache.org/doc/gug/faq.html#idm139895978368832

Apache Guacamole is remote desktop gateway that allows users to access remote desktops using a web browser. The backend uses standard protocols like VNC, RDP, and SSH.