Hi, let's see if we can move into specific details to find and fix whatever is problematic in this discussion about using anything close to "meego" in packages and distro names.
About using "meego" or something similar to name a distro using MeeGo related components, the opinion of The Linux Foundation is clear. My simple interpretation of it is: thanks, but no thanks. Call it something completely different and off you go. About package names, since they are open source (LGPL, Apache...) there shouldn't be any problems redistributing them with the same name, isn't it. If there is a problem with the name or license of a specific package please let's file a bug and let's discuss and solve it in the context of that specific problem. I just took some time to compile the list of packages using "meego" currently in 1.1 trunk: http://wiki.meego.com/MeeGo_in_package_names What is really the problem? Apart from the fact that it is not good practice to carry the names of distros in package names of generic apps and libraries, it is not evident (at least to me) where the problems really rely. Packages using the "meego" string in the MeeGo releases seem to fall in these categories: * Applications developed by the MeeGo project within the UX categories. In general it is not a good practice to tie an open source app with the name of a distro. Also the "MeeGo" word doesn't appear in the UX of these apps. Should we consider the renaming of those packages, removing "meego" from them? * Packages related with the MeeGo Touch Framework. The branding of this framework was discussed and agreed, causing the actual renaming of the components (previously libdui). There is no problem in other distros willing to use the MeeGo Touch Framework. Is it clear the situation of branding and icons, though? Are they in isolated packages? * Upstream packages with specific MeeGo version/configuration. Not a big deal, between not useful or not problematic for other distros. * Packages intrinsically related to the MeeGo distro (configuration, branding, devtools). Not useful in the context of other distros. Progress in this discussion is measured in improvements to the current documentation and bugs filed/solved. If you file any bugs about this please CC me. Thanks! -- Quim _______________________________________________ MeeGo-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-dev
