https://spring.io/blog/2006/11/09/spring-framework-the-origins-of-a-project-and-a-name


Whatever happened next, the framework needed a name. In the book it was referred to as the “Interface21 framework” (at that point it used com.interface21 package names), but that was not a name to inspire a community. Fortunately Yann stepped up with a suggestion: “Spring”. His reasoning was association with nature (having noticed that I'd trekked to Everest Base Camp in 2000); and the fact that Spring represented a fresh start after the “winter” of traditional J2EE. We recognized the simplicity and elegance of this name, and quickly agreed on it.

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개발자가 인터페이스21이란 프레임워크를 만들었는데 얀이란 개발자가 2000년에 에베레스트 베이스 캠프 트레킹을 했으니 겨울이 지난 봄으로 하자고 했다고 한다.


한편, 이와 무관하게 한국에서는 <서울의 봄>이란 영화가 흥행하고 있다.


스프링 프레임워크는 진짜 복잡하다. 진정한 서울의 봄도 쉽게 오지 않고 열심히 투쟁해야 온다.