# Is it OK to use the word "Discourse" in the name of our Discourse-hosted discussion board?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-ok-to-use-the-word-discourse-in-the-name-of-our-discourse-hosted-discussion-board/29778>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [6월 8, 2015, 6:12오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-ok-to-use-the-word-discourse-in-the-name-of-our-discourse-hosted-discussion-board/29778 "2015-06-08T18:12:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![BioLogosBrad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@BioLogosBrad](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BioLogosBrad)\
**Post date:** [6월 8, 2015, 6:12오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-ok-to-use-the-word-discourse-in-the-name-of-our-discourse-hosted-discussion-board/29778/1 "2015-06-08T18:12:32Z")

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I’m the admin and moderator at [discourse.biologos.org](http://discourse.biologos.org), a popular discussion site about faith and science connected to [www.biologos.org](http://www.biologos.org). I was wondering whether there’s any legal issues with the site title using the word “Discourse”, and us referring to the page informally as the “Discourse” page. What sort of attribution should we use to make sure people know the Discourse engine isn’t our own creation?

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