Clearly these products are being named by topologists, who have no objection to things being simultaneously open and closed.
replySchrödinger's Product
replyIt's following the open closed principle.
replyIts sad that you gotta be a software engineer, to immediately get this joke, because its pretty good
replyIt could be open in the literally sense of you aren't locked in, you have free access to any model you want.
replyJust because a name has open in it doesn't mean it has to be open source.
It’s an AI era buzzword. It’s not a new process, e.g. when blockchain was trendy, “crypto-“ and “bit-“ became similarly popular and meaningless.
reply"Open" is a load bearing reference we all get :p
replyblame openai they started it
replyWould "OpenSourceRouter" be a trademark violation?
replyI've built one in Rust and want to market it.
Not if you’re in a different domain, then it cannot be claimed to confuse customers.
replySo if it’s a network router or a woodworking router, then you’re good.
I can sells of red socks, and white socks, without getting sued by Chicago or Boston.
If it’s in the same space… you might want to contact a lawyer. I believe Firefox had conflicts with earlier names like Phoenix and FireBird and they weren’t even browsers.