IMHO 'Liberty Office' and 'Office Freedom' associates with liberation and similar things too much. A lot of people won't like that name. I think LibreOffice is just fine. The only problem is with pronunciation.
Regards, Povilas On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 8:15 PM, Eric Jon Renaud <[email protected]> wrote: > I would suggest that LibreOffice would work fine for International English. > I guarantee that more people who don't already understand both and > 'gratis' will understand (or not) 'Libre' just as well as 'gratis'. > > Perhaps 'Liberty Office' or 'Office Freedom'. (I make no claim to these > names and don't know if they're previously copyrighted, copylefted or under > any sort of license) > > Regards, > > Eric > > On Oct 13, 2010, at 3:24 AM, "Paul A Norman" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Thank you Stefan, > > > > I'm not hooked on any partiacular name just two main principlpes. > > > > 1) That the International English name be easy on the tongue for > > English speakers > > and with that, that thought be given to language group names in the same > way > > > > 2) The name mean something for the users (more than for the developers > > if necessary) > > > > Incorporating in the name principles of philosophy of development - - > > or project administration, will unfrotunately not be of apparent > > importance or help to potential general new users. > > > > Names that 'sell the product' or 'introduce the product' from a user's > > perspective would be very helpful in helping increase the uptake of > > the office suite amongst as yet unreached people. > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > On 13 October 2010 21:57, Stefan Weigel <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Paul A Norman schrieb: > >> > >>> Romance Languages: LibreOffice > >>> > >>> International English: FreeOffice > >> > >> Don´t use "free"! This would cause misunderstanding: > >> > >> FreeOffice --> free office --> gratis office > >> > >> The product is not (only / necessarily) free of charge ("freeware"). > It´s > >> free in sense of liberty. > >> > >> Stefan > >> > >> -- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail to > >> [email protected]<discuss%[email protected]> > >> All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot > be > >> deleted. > >> List archives are available at > >> http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ > >> > >> > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail to > > [email protected]<discuss%[email protected]> > > All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot > be deleted. > > List archives are available at > http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail to [email protected] All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted. List archives are available at http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/
