Native Americans urge Apache Software Foundation to ditch its name

I sincerely hope they don't entertain such ideas. Culture is an expression of ideas, and ideas are built upon other ideas. Nobody can claim an idea to their own, and certainly not a group of individuals who have come long after the conception of the idea. It goes against everything that defines the human race and how we have evolved for hundreds of thousands of years.

I get the complaint, I guess, but what possible benefit is there in demanding such a massive change? Changing the name of ASF would likely cost millions of dollars over the span of months or years. Why? What is there to gain?<p>The word &quot;Apache&quot; can now only be used in the context of native Americans, great. Now what? The global exposure of the word has decreased by 90%. What did you gain?<p>I really don&#x27;t see this as harmful to the Apache people in any way, but I guess I am just some white dude. It seems very frivolous with no real end goal in mind. I genuinely can&#x27;t come up with any benefits for anyone if ASF were to change their name.<p>I&#x27;m not saying the Apache people can&#x27;t or shouldn&#x27;t demand this change, but I am asking why. It just doesn&#x27;t make any sense.

Apache doesn&#x27;t present them as dead and gone, that&#x27;s insane. It&#x27;s the name of a historical and continuing culture, and nobody should own a name in such a way.

I cannot even imagine the ramification of such change throughout the software industry. All the packages, modules, artifacts, dns names, and the list continues.<p>PS: I am not commenting about the merit of the demand but the ramification.