On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 2:37 AM, Ryan Schmidt <subversion-20...@ryandesign.com> wrote:
> Should the "GIMP" change its name because (when not referring to the > software) that can be a derogatory term? Should "git" change its name because > (when not referring to the software) that term can be used as an insult? No. > Each project was undoubtedly aware of the usual meaning of the word they > chose as their name and decided to repurpose it. > IIRC, people *have* suggested that GIMP get a rename. Someone's probably suggested it for git as well. And isn't there a (possibly apocryphal) story about the "blame" (either in CVS or SVN) being aliased to "annotate" and "praise" because a manager somewhere didn't like the negative connotation of "blame"? That said, I agree with everyone here, changing the name on a 13-year-old project is not necessary. I'm sure the name and its spelling was considered thoroughly before it was selected.
