riscv-software-src / riscv-software-src/opensbi

Name OpenSBI already in use, up to the casing, since 2008

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Description

Hi there,

Not trying to stir any trouble, but I was googling for one of our wiki pages and instead found lot's of references to the RISC-V Open Source Supervisor Binary Interface.

To sum it up: I'm the author of Spybot - Search & Destroy, an anti-malware solution existing since 1999. We published documentation of our open custom signature language called OpenSBI somewhere around 2008, when our version 1.6 included support for it.

I wonder if no one did use a simple search engine before picking this name?

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Review the issue body and the linked Spybot OpenSBI page; no repository file, test, or entry point is named. First determine whether the project will address the naming concern and record a concrete, agreed outcome before attempting any change.

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Assessment

Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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