<div dir="ltr">IMHO, the only way it's practical is if "similar" means *actual incorporation* of another Theme's name.<div><br></div><div>i.e. for Theme name "Catch Box", "My Catch Box" is not allowed, but "The Box" is allowed.</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 2:03 PM, Emil Uzelac <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emil@uzelac.me" target="_blank">emil@uzelac.me</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Let's just not become this: <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=themeforest+html5" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/search?q=themeforest+html5</a></div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The only way we won't have any conflicts is to "enforce" no similar names period.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 1:59 PM, Catch Themes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:info@catchthemes.com" target="_blank">info@catchthemes.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">The best will be, like @Emil said. First come first basis. For any new themes they shouldn't not be allowed to chose the existing theme names. <br>
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On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 12:42 AM, Chip Bennett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net" target="_blank">chip@chipbennett.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">If the end goal is to "avoid...conflicts", then a rule such as "no dictionary words" is the equivalent of using a nuclear warhead to swat a fly.<div><br></div><div>Saying that non-English dictionary words would sound "made up" and would result in few conflicts is a rather Anglocentric view. :)</div>
</div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Srikanth Koneru <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tskk79@gmail.com" target="_blank">tskk79@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>We can't do anything about existing themes, we should try and avoid these conflicts in future if we can.<br>
</div>I was thinking of only English dictionary, other language words will sound made up and will result in few conflicts if any.<br>
</div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 12:20 AM, Chip Bennett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net" target="_blank">chip@chipbennett.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">But my point is that such a guideline is demonstrably implausible, because, if applied to the current set of hosted Themes, would result in almost every single one failing. Thus, the likelihood of *future* Themes failing the Guideline would be expected to be commensurate.<div>
<br></div><div>Also: what dictionary? Just English dictionaries? What about dictionaries of other languages? What about dead languages?</div></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 1:45 PM, Srikanth Koneru <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tskk79@gmail.com" target="_blank">tskk79@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">not with retrospective effect ofcourse.</div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 12:12 AM, Chip Bennett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net" target="_blank">chip@chipbennett.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">...which would eliminate about 99% of the Themes in the directory?</div><div><div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 1:39 PM, Srikanth Koneru <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tskk79@gmail.com" target="_blank">tskk79@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">no dictionary words?<br></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 12:08 AM, Chip Bennett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net" target="_blank">chip@chipbennett.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Back to my previous question: what would you suggest as the objective, enforceable guideline for Theme names?</div>
<div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 1:23 PM, Catch Themes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:info@catchthemes.com" target="_blank">info@catchthemes.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Many of theme shop use common names like Box, Responsive, Awesome and so on. So, this means we can play with theses name by adding word before or after. <br>
<br></div>Yes Otto, I agree with you that Box is common name and I am just asking this question so that we are clear about the naming rules. This will help me in further Theme Reviews as well. <br>
<br></div>Thank you all for your reply. I hope we will have clear guideline in this soon. <br><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 12:00 AM, Otto <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:otto@ottodestruct.com" target="_blank">otto@ottodestruct.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 1:05 PM, Catch Themes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:info@catchthemes.com" target="_blank">info@catchthemes.com</a>></span> wrote:<div>
<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">It's the matter of choices of theme name and manipulation. I feel The Box is so much manipulating Catch Box name.<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>If you can definitively show that to be true, then you have a point, however, I don't see what your evidence for this could possibly be.</div>
<div><br></div><div>If you're reacting based just on the similarity of the name, then I have to point out that "Box" is a pretty normal and commonplace English word, popular even in movies: <a href="http://youtu.be/0cmqwbZa6_w" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/0cmqwbZa6_w</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>So, other than the name being similar, how is it "manipulating" anything? Is it using the same code? Is it a derivative of the other Box theme? Is there *anything else in common at all* other than the name and the fact that they're both, you know, themes?</div>
<div><br></div><div>The name may not be a good choice, but this is not really evidence of anything other than both parties lack of creativity in naming things.</div><span><font color="#888888"><div class="gmail_extra">
<br clear="all"><div>-Otto</div>
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