fwding Eric's response for him since he wasn't yet subscribed to the
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----- Forwarded message from Eric Saxe <eric.saxe at sun.com> -----
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:25:18 -0700
From: Eric Saxe <eric.s...@sun.com>
Subject: Re: [ogb-discuss] OGB/2007/002 Community and Project Reorganisation
To: Stephen Lau <stevel at sun.com>
Cc: Keith M Wesolowski <keith.wesolowski at sun.com>,
Simon Phipps <webmink at sun.com>, Sara Dornsife <Sara.Dornsife at
sun.com>,
Eric.Boutilier at sun.com,
OpenSolaris Governing Board Discussions
<ogb-discuss at opensolaris.org>,
Eric Saxe <esaxe at jurassic-x4600.sfbay.sun.com>
Thanks for cc'ing me...
I guess my project proposal has become somewhat of a case study? :)
Stephen Lau wrote:
>>>>Proposed name: Project Tesla: Solaris Enhanced Power Management
>>>> Not O.K.
>>>> Suggest: "Tesla: Solaris Enhanced Power Management"
>>>> (similar to... several, e.g. Reno and Tamarack)
>>>>
>>>Not OK - Decorative.
>>>
>>Ok by policy, not ok for hosting on Sun's resources. That is, if you
>>speak for Sun here.
>>
>
>So what about just 'Tesla: Enhanced Power Management Policies'?
>(to denote that it's not about suspend/hibernate which is how most
>people would interpret it, I'm sure)
>
If it's felt that expression of the project's focus on policy is
necessary in it's name, i'd
be ok with that. To what extent is that a governance issue? (Just
curious since i'm missing
context).
>Tesla to me implies the physicist, not a company.
>
>
Again, I think i'm missing context. Is there a trademark issue? If so,
is there a process that proposers
of projects are supposed to (or should) go through to ensure a project's
name is "good"?
>>>* Including "Solaris" or "OpenSolaris" in the name is redundant since
>>>
>>Agreed.
>>
>
>Ditto.
>
Maybe in the context of opensolaris.org it's redundant. But where the
project name is raised in a broader context
(like "an open source project"), expressing that the work is destined
for OpenSolaris seems useful.
Thanks,
-Eric
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