Hi guys, this is Chris from Mashape. Thanks for all the comments and suggestions. We acknowledge the naming hoopla and are working hard to resolve it. But in behalf of Mashape I'd like to assure everyone that the library was created with the purpose of helping developers with cross platform HTTP requests. As such, we would like to invite everyone on 2 things: 1) Suggest a new name/branding for Unicorn, and 2) Contribute/suggest/fix the library as you see fit :) You can write to me directly too! chris@mashape.com . Looking forward to your comments!
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#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
apparently they got permission for use in open-source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5597431
@mnicole I can't post directly to you, but it's actually from a clip-art set that he registered.
That doesn't really add up if he's saying it was originally from Github and he doesn't know the source. I still think you should find some original art, which it looks like you are.
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#63We hear you! We're updating everything right now.
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#64Could they have possibly picked a more confusing name? 1. Unicorn for Ruby: http://unicorn.bogomips.org/ 2. Green Unicorn for Python: http://gunicorn.org/ The fact that this is an HTTP request library, as opposed to a server, is what pushes this into serious troll territory. The only saving grace here is that Java programmers searching for this library might come upon one of the other two and realize what they are mi…
One point to be taken - as an old (35 years old) Java developer, who knows Ruby from page 4 of the rails tutorial and tryruby mostly, I would not have that confusion problem with the unicorn server (which I hear about here in the first time) And still I'm really happy to see some Java friendly open source project hit HN front page (either due to legit reasons or due to naming confusion). I feel I'm not forgotten, and…
Oh my god, there actually is an Apache HttpClient library [1]. I was going to say "this would be as confusing as if somebody made a HTTP client library named Apache," but it's already been done, and of course it's a Java library. RoflFactories...
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#65Everyone, we are listening! We are throwing around new names but they all suck. Any ideas?
Charlie
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#66Earlier quoted context omitted.
Wow, are you sure this is open-source? We are going over names and this one seems the fastest to replace unicorn with.
Yeah, it's from Battle for Wesnoth (www.wesnoth.org), all of their core artwork is GPL2 licensed. If I remember right, there is some talk in their forums encouraging other open source games to use their artwork. If you are interested you ought to look around their community for the right person to ask permission. EDIT: Found a related forum discussion: http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=34892&...
Thanks so much! We ended up going with Unirest, which we think is a great fit for the project. I just wanted to say I appreciate your help.
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#67Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, it's from Battle for Wesnoth (www.wesnoth.org), all of their core artwork is GPL2 licensed. If I remember right, there is some talk in their forums encouraging other open source games to use their artwork. If you are interested you ought to look around their community for the right person to ask permission. EDIT: Found a related forum discussion: http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=34892&...
Thanks so much! We ended up going with Unirest, which we think is a great fit for the project. I just wanted to say I appreciate your help.
Ok! Now you know where to get the artwork if you ever want to name an open source project "Gryphon" ;)
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#68Everyone, we are listening! We are throwing around new names but they all suck. Any ideas?
My_Little_Pony: Coz Friendship Is Magic
Logo: http://www.google.com/search?q=my+little+pony&tbm=isch