On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Paul W. Frields <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Design Team. > > As you're probably aware we are working early on the F12 naming > process, to provide the Fedora Design team plenty of time for theming > the next release, as requested. The community submitted names to the > wiki page, and then the Board did a vote on the community names that > passed the initial review process. The top names will be sent to > Legal for final approval and then turned into a ballot on which the > whole community will vote. Therefore, the top name on the Board's > list may not end up winning the final vote. I'm only going to list > the top 16 or so names here to make things easier for this team -- the > idea is that I will send about 12 names to Legal, and hope for at > least 8 back that pass legal review. > > I would ask that people remember that themes can be very broad and > simply "inspired" by a name. For example, "Heisenberg" is the name of > a scientist who postulated the Uncertainty Principle (that measuring > certain subatomic events actually changed the nature of those > events). So that name lends itself to things like atoms/molecules, or > other interconnectedness that could represent community, and building > structure from small things. > > Before I send the list on to Legal, I would like the Design team to > look at these names and give me some indication of their themeability. > > I think the easiest way to accomplish this is for anyone participating > in the Design team to indicate whether they think a name *can* be > themed, either with "+1" and/or an idea for how to do it. If there > are any names for which no one indicates themeability, I will consider > leaving those off the list for final review by Legal. > > Josh Boyer, the Board, and I are performing this process early -- > before Fedora 11 is even released! -- because the Design Team has > asked for that repeatedly. Therefore the sooner you can get me your > input, the sooner I can send these on to Legal, and set up a community > voting process for the actual F12 name. I would really like it if I > can get people's input in the next 24-48 hours! > > The list: > > Quetzalcoatl -1: hard to pronounce, remember and write about. > > Constantine +1: good for combining worlds and bridging the gaps > > Hubble +1: could be an interesting concept but what association do we have with Fedora? > > Hippokoon -1: to much the same as Leonidas but still a weaker representation of the same thing. Chilon has the same problem > > Heisenberg -1: too close to the FC3 release name Heidelberg > > Goliath -1: not a winning character. David would be more appropriate and more of a theme like Leonidas! > > Adamastor +1: has good association but a bit obscure... > > Wallace +1: wallace has the same theme as leonidas, fighting against a bigger enemy by combining a scattered group. the basic idea of open source... > > Elvis -1 music names could be good but the king is dead and not in a good way. we could get wrong association. > > Cimrman -1: too obscure! > > Alexander +1: a lot of options we can exploit > > Stradivari +1: music association to perfection and high quality. > > > > -- > Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ > gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 > http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ > irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug > _______________________________________________ > design-team mailing list > [email protected] > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team >
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