Op donderdag 01-10-2009 om 13:45 uur [tijdzone -0400], schreef Yuval Levy: > What I find disturbing in the current cacophony is the term "Libre > Graphics". "Libre Graphics" is insider terminology. It rings a bell with > you, but the best association it gets from the general public is with a > Cuba Libre at the bar! Contrast the self-explaining "Creative Suite". > > "Creative Suite" refers to the most important feature of that software: > it is part of a suite and it is for creative use. > > What is most important about our projects as a group? FLOSS? Important, > sure, but not *most* important IMO. > > How do other people feel about this terminology thing? I currently do > not have an alternative to "Libre Graphics" to suggest. Developing one > would require some deep thinking and introspection and I'd like to have > an indication whether such an effort would be welcome. > > If I abstract from "Creative Suite" being owned by Adobe, I could very > well imagine to call the next Hugin "Hugin CS 2009.4.0". I could not > imagine calling it "Hugin LG 2009.4.0" - not because of the association > with other *L*ibre *G*raphics tools, but because of the term "libre > graphics" itself.
What about s/Libre/Liberation/ or s/Libre/Liberty/ ? Or use "CLS" for "Creativity Liberation Suite"... ;-) (It liberates your creativity in both artistic & philosophical ways!) You might want to set up some sort of a brainstorm session during LGM 2010 about this... -- Jan Claeys _______________________________________________ CREATE mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create
