Hi Andrew; Yes, I agree its healthy to discuss this in its own thread. I was in AOO (without .org) camp but the trademark we own is OOo. Until decided otherwise I will keep using AOOo in written documentation and code but otherwise referring to it as OpenOffice (or Apache OpenOffice), either in email or spoken, should be OK.
Pedro. --- On Mon, 10/24/11, Andrew Rist <[email protected]> wrote: > This is an issue that has stirred > much emotion, and is one that has not > reached consensus. > Due to the requirement of having our official name be > 'Apache > [something]', I believe the current consensus points > towards one of the > following two options: > > * Apache OpenOffice.org > * Apache OpenOffice > > Both of these seem to satisfy both the 'Apache in name' > requirement and > the 'Trademark available' requirement. (Apache and > OpenOffice together > seem to get around issues with using OpenOffice without the > .org on its > own) Also, before the discussion of the branding and > historical nature > of the importance of the '.org', I would suggest people > look at mailing > list and forum posts from our users - on the whole, they > rarely identify > the current product as OpenOffice.org. > > Let's not try to make this decision in other threads. > Let's make this > decision in a thread about naming the project (and > product). > > Andrew > > > > On 10/24/2011 8:39 AM, Pedro Giffuni wrote: > > BTW, > > > > Its clear to me the final product name is > > > > Apache OpenOffice.org > > > > and I already used it in Rev. 1184898. > > > > Pedro. > > > > --- On Mon, 10/24/11, Dennis E. Hamilton<[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> BTW: > >> When we do the rebranding > stuff again > >> (sick!) we should have a final > >> product name at hand at > that time. > >> > >> I suspect that the restraints on identification > of > >> incubator releases will apply to however it is > branded. > >> > >> It looks like the first one, at least, is > definitely a > >> "Technology Preview" release. It and the > second will > >> certainly be ways to bring the QA, localization, > and related > >> activities back into action as well. > >> > >> Exciting times ahead! > >> > >> > >> - Dennis E. Hamilton > >> tools for document > >> interoperability,<http://nfoWorks.org/> > >> [email protected] > > >> gsm: +1-206-779-9430 @orcmid > >> > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Marcus (OOo) [mailto:[email protected]] > >> > >> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 07:34 > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [proposal] development for the first > AOO > >> release > >> > >> Am 10/24/2011 03:18 PM, schrieb Oliver-Rainer > Wittmann: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> I would like to propose the following > development > >> milestones on our way > >>> to the first AOO release: > >>> > >>> - "IP cleared" milestone > >> [ ... ] > >>> - "features back" milestone > >>> For this milestone we should work on bringing > back the > >> features which > >>> are lost in the previous milestone. I do not > think > >> that we have to bring > >>> back every feature for a first release. Thus, > we would > >> have got the > >>> possibility to work on the features which are > of most > >> interest. At some > >>> point we could create a "release candidate" > and start > >> working on > >>> stabilizing it for a first release, if we > think that > >> the "must have" > >>> features are back. > >> [ ... ] > >>> Any > remarks/comments/improvements/adjustments? > >>> Any objections to follow such plan for our > first > >> release? > >> > >> It's fine to see a kind of roadmap starting. > >> > >> Also to have a first public intermediate step with > a clean > >> IP is great, > >> towards our first "real" Apache release. Then > everybody can > >> see that > >> it's really going forward with OOo (as often the > feeling is > >> the opposite > >> in the public when you read news and blogs). > >> > >> And of course we have to make clear that this > milestone is > >> really just > >> an intermediate step and not what the most would > expect. > >> > >> BTW: > >> When we do the rebranding stuff again (sick!) we > should > >> have a final > >> product name at hand at that time. > >> > >> Marcus > >> > >> [ ... ] > >> > >> > > -- > > Andrew Rist | Interoperability Architect > OracleCorporate Architecture Group > Redwood Shores, CA | 650.506.9847 > >
