[rosmax_1337]

The name Deluge is already in use.

https://deluge-torrent.org/

I don't think the people behind Deluge BitTorrent Client will sue or even particularly mind that someone else uses the name. But it's a confusing thing for different programs to be named the same thing. For the sake of the users, more than anything, a different name should be considered. If no alternate name is possible, consider using the development team in junction with the program name. I.e., similar to how the Adobe suite works. They don't usually call it just "Illustrator", but instead "Adobe Illustrator".

In this case, it could be called "Synthstrom Deluge" instead.

As a further comment, the problem of naming things in a global namespace is an unsolvable problem. All you can do is try to be polite and avoid causing problems to yourself and others as much as possible, but in the end, lots of people will inevitably be disappointed. It's a case of minimizing discomfort rather than reaching a solution where everyone is happy.

[gmueckl]

Deluge is a powerful commercial hardware groovebox/synthesizer/sequencer. The manufacturer opened up the firmware after they sold the device for a while. So the name Deluge is an established product name in a completely different namespace. Even trademarks wouldn't help you protect against this kind name collision because they are only valid for their registered product categories.

[PaulDavisThe1st]

It's not a program, at least not in the usual sense of that term.

It's a piece of hardware. This is the firmware for that device.

[rosmax_1337]

Once again I was bit by not reading the link thoroughly enough. I hope I'm not the only one that's happened to. ;)

Nonetheless, the problem of naming things actually stands. Trademark law aside, imagine if you tried to make a program like a torrent client called "Volvo". Names exist in a global namespace, and things will collide, and that's bad for everyone involved.

Had I made the original hardware product, I would have named it the "Synthstrom Deluge" to avoid this problem.

[vacuumcl]

People refer to it as Synthstrom Deluge all the time. The product is called Deluge and the company is Synthstrom. It would be strange if they called their product the Synthstrom Synthstrom Deluge wouldn’t it?

[PaulDavisThe1st]

From a trademark perspective, things do not exist in a global namespace.

From a human perspective they sometimes do, but that can lead to excellent comedy, like the computer-vs-cleaning device question when the term "VAX" used to come up. I'll take comedy over a very inhuman insistence on a global namespace.

[DennisP]

If you don't want any collisions with your product name, then don't use a common English word as your product name.