<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Paul W. Frields <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stickster@gmail.com">stickster@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi Design Team.<br>
<br>
As you're probably aware we are working early on the F12 naming<br>
process, to provide the Fedora Design team plenty of time for theming<br>
the next release, as requested. The community submitted names to the<br>
wiki page, and then the Board did a vote on the community names that<br>
passed the initial review process. The top names will be sent to<br>
Legal for final approval and then turned into a ballot on which the<br>
whole community will vote. Therefore, the top name on the Board's<br>
list may not end up winning the final vote. I'm only going to list<br>
the top 16 or so names here to make things easier for this team -- the<br>
idea is that I will send about 12 names to Legal, and hope for at<br>
least 8 back that pass legal review.<br>
<br>
I would ask that people remember that themes can be very broad and<br>
simply "inspired" by a name. For example, "Heisenberg" is the name of<br>
a scientist who postulated the Uncertainty Principle (that measuring<br>
certain subatomic events actually changed the nature of those<br>
events). So that name lends itself to things like atoms/molecules, or<br>
other interconnectedness that could represent community, and building<br>
structure from small things.<br>
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Before I send the list on to Legal, I would like the Design team to<br>
look at these names and give me some indication of their themeability.<br>
<br>
I think the easiest way to accomplish this is for anyone participating<br>
in the Design team to indicate whether they think a name *can* be<br>
themed, either with "+1" and/or an idea for how to do it. If there<br>
are any names for which no one indicates themeability, I will consider<br>
leaving those off the list for final review by Legal.<br>
<br>
Josh Boyer, the Board, and I are performing this process early --<br>
before Fedora 11 is even released! -- because the Design Team has<br>
asked for that repeatedly. Therefore the sooner you can get me your<br>
input, the sooner I can send these on to Legal, and set up a community<br>
voting process for the actual F12 name. I would really like it if I<br>
can get people's input in the next 24-48 hours!<br>
<br>
The list:<br>
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Quetzalcoatl</blockquote><div>-1: hard to pronounce, remember and write about. <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>
Constantine</blockquote><div>+1: good for combining worlds and bridging the gaps<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>
Hubble</blockquote><div>+1: could be an interesting concept but what association do we have with Fedora?<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Hippokoon</blockquote><div>-1: to much the same as Leonidas but still a weaker representation of the same thing. Chilon has the same problem</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Heisenberg</blockquote><div>-1: too close to the FC3 release name Heidelberg <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>
Goliath</blockquote><div>-1: not a winning character. David would be more appropriate and more of a theme like Leonidas!<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Adamastor</blockquote><div>+1: has good association but a bit obscure... <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>
Wallace</blockquote><div>+1: wallace has the same theme as leonidas, fighting against a bigger enemy by combining a scattered group. the basic idea of open source...<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Elvis</blockquote><div>-1 music names could be good but the king is dead and not in a good way. we could get wrong association.<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Cimrman</blockquote><div>-1: too obscure! <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>
Alexander</blockquote><div>+1: a lot of options we can exploit<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>
Stradivari</blockquote><div>+1: music association to perfection and high quality. <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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