"Fedora" in a domain name

[Scott Williams]

>
> On Sun, 8 Feb 2009, Scott Williams wrote:
>
> I'm starting a project to package security updates for EOL versions of Fedora
> and was interested in possibly using the word "Fedora" within the domain
> URL. I intend to carefully follow the guidelines in
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal/TrademarkGuidelines and am seeking the
> consent of the Fedora board before registering any URLs.
>
> I'm not particularly interested in debating the domain name question, because
> Paul and the rest of the FPB have taken care of that. What I am curious to
> know, Scott, is what you think has changed in the community or in the
> scope of what you want to do w/ EOL security updates that will make this
> project more compelling for participation than Fedora Legacy. Fedora
> Legacy was successful for quite a while, and its shutdown was not a
> failure on its part, but rather a realization of two key points: (1) It
> was in the better interest of the larger Fedora Project to have the
> talents that were doing Fedora Legacy more focused on the new stuff happening
> in Rawhide or in other parts of the Project. The opportunity cost of
> Fedora Legacy was quite high. (2) For people who wanted the legacy
> support, an enterprise distro, which already had process and
> infrastructure to provide that longer suppot was a more efficient choice.
> In other words, Fedora's niche, combined with the larger Red Hat
> Enterprise (and rebuilds) ecosystem around it, meant that folks were
> spending a ton of time on Fedora legacy work for not a whole lot of
> payoff. I'm not trying to discourage you. I'm simply trying to get a sense
> as to whether you think some of these points have changed, or perhaps are no
> longer valid.
>
> =====
>
> I'm curious how much further you are going to try to extend the life of older
> Fedora distros via security updates. What are you starting with?

--Max

Max,

Here's our scope and guidelines document we came up with in our
meeting: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dc7dcczk_2fxtsctdq&hl=en


~Scott
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