Has anyone else noticed that a common sentiment that MapServer is not a particularly great name? It seems the core developers, in particular, are not that invested in the name. Seems weird that the community is working so hard to defend something that the 'owners' are not even that sure they want to keep. This is just an observation, not a new argument :)

Cheers

Paul

On 23-Dec-05, at 7:52 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Gary,

I simply think that trying to rename the MapServer project is detrimental to the project, and I've really appreciated that you're more sensitive to this than most of the open letter signers. I'm not in love with the name MapServer by any means, but it would best be left unchanged both for the
health of the project and to provide some continuity from the existing
MapServer community. Frankly, I don't care what the foundation is named so long as it doesn't trample on any other open source project or foundation.

cheers,
Sean

Sean,

Would moving MapServer from UMinn to the, say, "Open Source Geospatial
Foundation" be asking for trouble compared to putting it into the
"MapServer Foundation"? If not, why not?

Gary

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naming poll

Attila,

I have customers who have been equally confused by this project name
churning. A foundation could be a good thing, but trying to rebrand
MapServer at the same time is asking for trouble.

cheers,
Sean


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