I can see all of your points, and they're valid, but...
> Yeah, I don't think that is true, at all. Dharma is a concept and you've listed books (or close enough to books).
When someone labels something as cultural appropriation is not a matter of whether it is a true label or not, what matters is that some number of people from that culture consider it to be cultural appropriation. If they do, then it's a problem and the project owners need to decide if they'll change the name or not.
At the beginning of the project, there's no large cost to changing the name, so I'd change it if it was my project.
That said, coming up with names is hard. I've been told I'm good at it. Not sure if that's true, but here are three alternatives: Lifeline, EthereaL, Enablr, Xtension. The Dharma project owners may use any of these names to rename their project for free in perpetuity, if they wish. Post here if you do though, because otherwise I have ideas for several of them (not ethereum loans, or even loans).
> Yeah, I don't think that is true, at all. Dharma is a concept and you've listed books (or close enough to books).
When someone labels something as cultural appropriation is not a matter of whether it is a true label or not, what matters is that some number of people from that culture consider it to be cultural appropriation. If they do, then it's a problem and the project owners need to decide if they'll change the name or not.
At the beginning of the project, there's no large cost to changing the name, so I'd change it if it was my project.
That said, coming up with names is hard. I've been told I'm good at it. Not sure if that's true, but here are three alternatives: Lifeline, EthereaL, Enablr, Xtension. The Dharma project owners may use any of these names to rename their project for free in perpetuity, if they wish. Post here if you do though, because otherwise I have ideas for several of them (not ethereum loans, or even loans).