There is nothing formal, IMHO. Act as if you were already a TLP, so open a discussion for new names proposals, and then a vote can be issued.
It should be enough :) On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 5:26 PM, Mohammad Nour El-Din < [email protected]> wrote: > :D > > Only a [VOTE] for the new name, and I think we MUST inform > [email protected] about that when the voting is started. Metors any idea > about whether there is a formal process for podling name change ? > > On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 5:11 PM, Roger Schildmeijer > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Unfortunately I think you are right. A new [VOTE] thread is inevitable. > > > > // Roger > > > > > > On Aug 24, 2011, at 1:41 PM, Mohammad Nour El-Din wrote: > > > >> I agree with Emmanuel... > >> > >> I believe we should start looking for a new name. I propose to have > >> another e-mail thread started by the development team to narrow the > >> circle around the proposed names, and then we make a [VOTE] on the > >> most selected one. Thoughts ? > >> > >> On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Emmanuel Lecharny < > [email protected]> wrote: > >>> Frankly, [email protected] will say that we are incubating, and that the PPMC > should > >>> handle this issue. > >>> > >>> Now, the rational is that we would not like to have an issue when the > >>> project is promoted to TLP. Such an issue can be some big company > sending > >>> The ASF a letter requesting us to change the project name. That would > be not > >>> only a legal annoyance, but also a problem if the project is > established as > >>> a TLP for a few month. > >>> > >>> Here, it's more about mitigating potential problems than to be legally > >>> protected. Remember that legal.a.o is not there to tell us what's right > and > >>> wrong (you need to go to court for such decision) but to advise us > about > >>> what would be best for the project, legally wise. > >>> > >>> You still can send a mail to legal.a.o, it cost nothing. > >>> > >>> Now, if you have to pick a new name, just select something that either > is > >>> absolutely free (xarkily or tropqualu for instance), or a common name > >>> associated with Apache, for instance Apache Asynchronous Web Framework > (it's > >>> just an example). > >>> > >>> Be smart :) > >>> > >>> On 8/24/11 9:48 AM, Julien Vermillard wrote: > >>>> > >>>> looks like a no for me :) > >>>> > >>>> On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 11:59 PM, Johnathan Meehan > >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Did anybody reach out to [email protected] about this yet? > >>>>> > >>>>> On Fri, 2011-08-19 at 15:22 +0200, Roger Schildmeijer wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Yes, that sounds like a good idea. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> // Roger > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Julien > >>>>>> Vermillard<[email protected]>wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> IF is the key word here :) Are we supposed to raise the question on > >>>>>>> [email protected] ? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Roger Schildmeijer > >>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> If we really need to change the name, then that's the approach I > would > >>>>>>>> advocate. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> // Roger > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 2:19 PM, Séven Le Mesle<[email protected] > > > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> I agree on the on this point against AsyncWeb. > >>>>>>>>> Maybe we can extend Deft name with a suffix or prefix :). > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Séven. > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> 2011/8/19 Roger Schildmeijer<[email protected]> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> I'm -1 on asyncweb. I agree with Niklas. The confusion would be > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> maximized. > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> If we really have to change the name, then I guess we should > start a > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> name > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> survey. If it's avoidable I would be happy :) > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> // Roger > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Niklas Gustavsson< > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> [email protected] > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Emmanuel Lécharny< > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> [email protected] > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> Not necessarily if asyncweb is merged into deft (and by merge, > I > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> mean > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> vanish...). > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> I was more thinking of people who might actually know about > >>>>>>>>>>> asyncweb > >>>>>>>>>>> and it's history. When all of a sudden a new code base occurs > under > >>>>>>>>>>> the same name, I think confusion would happen :-) > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Regards, > >>> Cordialement, > >>> Emmanuel Lécharny > >>> www.iktek.com > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Thanks > >> - Mohammad Nour > >> ---- > >> "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep > moving" > >> - Albert Einstein > > > > > > > > -- > Thanks > - Mohammad Nour > ---- > "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving" > - Albert Einstein > -- Regards, Cordialement, Emmanuel Lécharny www.iktek.com
