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I care. Also it's a potential legal issue for any given project if there's a registered trademark involved.

Plus first result for "rx rust" lead me to https://github.com/ReactiveX/RxRust



> Also it's a potential legal issue for any given project if there's a registered trademark involved.

At some point we will have to generate random strings for the name of our projects because all the "good" (or even "bad") ones are taken. :P


Already a thing: https://namelix.com/app/?keywords=poop+scoop

Highlights for a "poop+scoop" related startup include: Flingo, Trash.ly, Fastpoop, Stinkere, Guunk, and Spoop


I'm surprised it didn't come up with Scoopr.



Let's keep in mind that this is an end user application for pixel artwork. You and I might care that it's Rust. End Users will not. It could be written in Malbolge or BF for all an end user cares about.

Namespace collision is gonna be a pain for end users and newcomers, possibly depressing discovery, which is our point.




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