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bitwizelast Thursday at 8:24 AM1 replyview on HN

Giving your open source project the name of an indigenous people is fraught with complications, as the ASF (Apache Software Foundation) is now discovering.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ainu_people


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zozbot234last Thursday at 8:33 AM

Come on, Apache Software Foundation is clearly named after an attack helicopter, and AINU after one of countless immortal spirits in the Middle Earth universe who helped create the world with her beautiful music.

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