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Re: OpenWarp

#31

Post by artyom »

avaer wrote: post #28

I don't use Warp, but it seems to me they did something cool (terminal app), pivoted that attention into a profitable AI play, but a lot of people just wanted the terminal app. Now nobody knows what Warp is anymore, because they want to be an Agentic IDE and that's not what the users want. Do I have that right? I don't see what the point of this OpenWarp fork is though, other than adding more provider support. Couldn…

Yeah, pretty much. I used it, but one day I opened Warp and it looked like a half-baked Cursor.

I liked it for the ability to type "git one-liner logs with date and author, no messages" and get the output without having to remember or look for actual formatting parameters.

I also get that's too niche of an use case, and not sustainable as a business. But still.

Re: OpenWarp

#32

Post by selcuka »

jrm4 wrote: post #23
SwellJoe wrote: post #4

"OpenWarp is a community fork of Warp's open-source code. It is not affiliated with Warp Inc. and follows the upstream AGPL / MIT dual license." It is rude, and possibly a trademark violation, to fork a project and use the same name. And, how can there be a "community fork" when there is no community? It's just been Open Sourced 24 hours ago.

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This is about the name, not the source.

Also calling a fork "Open" is disingenious. They wouldn't be able to fork it if the original wasn't "open".

Re: OpenWarp

#33

Post by kreelman »

Hasnep wrote: post #18
nothinkjustai wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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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!!

Re: OpenWarp

#34

Post by BeetleB »

SwellJoe wrote: post #4

"OpenWarp is a community fork of Warp's open-source code. It is not affiliated with Warp Inc. and follows the upstream AGPL / MIT dual license." It is rude, and possibly a trademark violation, to fork a project and use the same name. And, how can there be a "community fork" when there is no community? It's just been Open Sourced 24 hours ago.

Definitely disagree about rudeness.

Only a trademark violation if a trademark has been registered. IANAL.

Re: OpenWarp

#35

Post by BeetleB »

Hasnep wrote: post #18
nothinkjustai wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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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.

You can't name something OpenGoogle, because the Google name is trademarked.

Is Warp trademarked?

Re: OpenWarp

#36

Post by pianoben »

WD-42 wrote: post #11

What even is Warp now? I remember it as the electron terminal and totally dismissing it. Then I think I read it got the RIIR treatment, but there was already Ghostty and Alacritty by then. Now it looks like it’s another AI thing? What the heck is warp???

Warp was always an AI thing, as I recall - the seem much heavier on AI bandwagon nowadays, but their whole thing was a terminal for teams where you could share knowledge and command palettes and generate stuff.

Re: OpenWarp

#37

Post by dmix »

avaer wrote: post #17
esafak wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A terminal: https://www.warp.dev/

> Warp is the agentic development environment So not a terminal?

It's a very competent terminal.

The AI stuff is layered on in a way where it doesn't get in the way. Very useful for command completion and stuff like that, without having to open claude.

Re: OpenWarp

#38

Post by selcuka »

BeetleB wrote: post #34
SwellJoe wrote: post #4

"OpenWarp is a community fork of Warp's open-source code. It is not affiliated with Warp Inc. and follows the upstream AGPL / MIT dual license." It is rude, and possibly a trademark violation, to fork a project and use the same name. And, how can there be a "community fork" when there is no community? It's just been Open Sourced 24 hours ago.

Definitely disagree about rudeness. Only a trademark violation if a trademark has been registered. IANAL.

https://uspto.report/TM/90342558

> WARP® trademark registration is intended to cover the categories of [...] Downloadable computer terminal emulator program [...]

Re: OpenWarp

#39

Post by satvikpendem »

BeetleB wrote: post #35
Hasnep wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

You can't name something OpenGoogle, because the Google name is trademarked. Is Warp trademarked?

Yes it is, as another person has replied.

Re: OpenWarp

#40

Post by [deleted] »

BeetleB wrote: post #35
Hasnep wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

You can't name something OpenGoogle, because the Google name is trademarked. Is Warp trademarked?

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