board followup to "Connotation analysis for Fedora Project codename"
Rex Dieter
rdieter at math.unl.edu
Wed Mar 28 22:17:33 UTC 2012
Josh Boyer wrote:
>> In practical terms, we envision starting this community feedback period
>> at the same time that Red Hat legal is vetting names, and that reviewing
>> said feedback will require adding one week to future (F19+) naming
>> schedules.
>
> Why at the same time as legal review? If the Board/community is going
> to disallow a name due to connotation, then it's a waste of resources
> (both human and financial) to have lawyers vetting that name.
Though it's an implementation detail, we felt by allowing public comment and
legal vetting in parallel would expedite the whole process, and minimize
delays in the whole process.
-- rex
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