Re: [SoaS] updating the draft decision panel report

2009-11-01 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Again, Douglas has a good point... if you are a Linux developer. However, if our target end users are to come from the education community, it is very doubtful that they will be familiar with publications such as the excellent one he references. Having many different names for different ve

Re: [SoaS] updating the draft decision panel report

2009-11-01 Thread Douglas McClendon
Caryl Bigenho wrote: > Hi... I guess I've become the minority. I still believe that the name > "Sugar On A Stick" should be allowed for all distributions of Sugar on a > usb stick or even a live CD. Sugar Labs can control and identify their > special builds in a special way... "SoaS by SugarLa

Re: [SoaS] updating the draft decision panel report

2009-11-01 Thread Samuel Klein
On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 8:20 PM, Caryl Bigenho wrote: > Hi... I guess I've become the minority. I still believe that the name > "Sugar On A Stick" should be allowed for all distributions of Sugar on a usb > stick or even a live CD. > Caryl, I think I'm in the minority with you. And I don't th

Re: [SoaS] updating the draft decision panel report

2009-11-01 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi... I guess I've become the minority. I still believe that the name "Sugar On A Stick" should be allowed for all distributions of Sugar on a usb stick or even a live CD. Sugar Labs can control and identify their special builds in a special way... "SoaS by SugarLabs" or whatever, but the ter

Re: [SoaS] updating the draft decision panel report

2009-11-01 Thread Samuel Klein
On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Martin Dengler wrote: > > Tabitha's main question has a simple answer: > answer: "anything not too close to 'Sugar on a Stick'. It sounds as though you and Sean are in agreement here (and I haven't heard disagreements yet). SJ

Re: [SoaS] updating the draft decision panel report

2009-11-01 Thread Samuel Klein
On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 3:39 AM, Tabitha Roder wrote: > If we are leaning towards: > Yes. Sugar on a Stick is the central pillar of our marketing strategy. > It's not trademarked, but should be. SL does not want to confuse its > users and a light touch like this is all that's needed. > > Can I su

Re: [SoaS] updating the draft decision panel report

2009-11-01 Thread Sean DALY
Martin - I've said before, numerous times, that other projects shouldn't be called Sugar on a Stick or a variant thereof. What's ouitside the scope is defining what anyone should call their project when it's not called Sugar on a Stick or a variant thereof. Perhaps I'm not expressing myself clear

Re: [SoaS] updating the draft decision panel report

2009-11-01 Thread Martin Dengler
On Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 10:34:49AM +0100, Sean DALY wrote: > Again, this is a marketing discussion and in my view outside the scope > of the question. I don't mind what we call it but it's darn pertinent to the question: we cannot in good faith declare it best for the community to avoid something

Re: [SoaS] updating the draft decision panel report

2009-11-01 Thread Sean DALY
Again, this is a marketing discussion and in my view outside the scope of the question. Developing and building a brand is lots of work and it's unrealistic to try to limit what other brands can be, as opposed to what they can't be - in other words, what is explicitly protected by copyright and tr

Re: [SoaS] updating the draft decision panel report

2009-11-01 Thread Tabitha Roder
Regarding question 3, "Should 'Sugar on a Stick' be a phrase that SL asks its community to avoid using unless they refer to the SoaS-Fedora distribution?" If we are leaning towards: Yes. Sugar on a Stick is the central pillar of our marketing strategy. It's not trademarked, but should be. SL does