Guidelines for release names: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 16:09, 11 March 2015

Historical Info Only
Fedora no longer chooses unique names for each release. See the Fedora Board decision here.

This page documents how Fedora releases were.

Summary

Names are suggested by the community.
- The fedora-devel-list mailing list was previously used for suggestions.
- Beginning with Fedora 11, name suggestions are solicited through a wiki page.
To suggest a name, a community member must:
- Show how the name meets the "is-a" test. For example, "Schnozz is a ____, and so is Keister."
  - Names for releases N and N+1 must be related, and names for releases N and N+2 cannot share the same relationship.
  - The "is-a" relationship must be reasonably novel. For example, "is a brand of automobile" is reasonably novel. The relationship "is a brand of automobile only manufactured in Uzbekistan" is much better. The relationship "is a word with seven letters" is not sufficiently novel.
  - Preference is given to names showing relationships never before used in a release.
  - Names of living people or well-known trademarks or goods will be rejected by Red Hat Legal. Try to find a more unusual link.
  - Names must not contain any of the following characters which are special to the shell:
```
 | & ; ( ) < > { } ' " #
```
    Note that you can use replacements from the Unicode character set such as U+2019 instead of the ASCII apostrophe.
- Document preliminary searches showing the name is not encumbered by trademarks or other use that makes it a bad or risky choice.
Names are vetted:
- by the Fedora Design team for applicability to theming
- by the Fedora Board to make sure the name ballot is of sufficient size and composition.
  - Typically, the Board has a private vote on the entire name roster (after initial vetting)
  - The top results are sent on to Legal.
- by the Red Hat Legal department for a more intensive trademark search
The final release name is decided through a community vote.
Problems are resolved through the Fedora Board and the FPL.

Suggestion table

The first row is a template provided for educational purposes only.

Name	"Is a..."	Links out
Your suggestion -- this is a dummy	foobarific muttonchop	frobozz, whatsit
Yokuts	Indian Tribe that settled Visalia CA, Robert Laughlin was born in Visalia, CA	Yokuts, Laughlin
git turnips	people who think that git is like svn	https://www.google.com/search?q=turnip&hl=en&tbm=isch

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-This page documents how [[Releases | Fedora releases]] should be named.
+{{admon/warning|Historical Info Only|Fedora no longer chooses unique names for each release. See the [https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/advisory-board/2013-October/012209.html Fedora Board decision here].}}
+This page documents how [[Releases | Fedora releases]] were.
 == Summary ==
 * Names are suggested by the community.
-** The [http://redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list  fedora-devel-list] mailing list was previously used for suggestions.
+** The [http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list  fedora-devel-list] mailing list was previously used for suggestions.
 ** Beginning with Fedora 11, name suggestions are solicited through a wiki page.
 * To suggest a name, a community member ''must'':
-** Show how the name meets the "is-a" test.  For example, "Schnozz is a ____, and so is Keister."  Names for releases ''N'' and ''N+1'' must be related, and names for releases ''N'' and ''N+2'' cannot share the same relationship.
+** Show how the name meets the "is-a" test.  For example, "Schnozz is a ____, and so is Keister."
+*** Names for releases ''N'' and ''N+1'' must be related, and names for releases ''N'' and ''N+2'' cannot share the same relationship.
+*** The "is-a" relationship must be reasonably novel. For example, "is a brand of automobile" is reasonably novel. The relationship "is a brand of automobile only manufactured in Uzbekistan" is much better. The relationship "is a word with seven letters" is not sufficiently novel.
+*** Preference is given to names showing relationships [[History_of_Fedora_release_names | never before used in a release]].
+*** Names of living people or well-known trademarks or goods will be rejected by Red Hat Legal.  Try to find a more unusual link.
+*** Names must not contain any of the following characters which are special to the shell: <pre> | & ; ( ) < > { } ' " #</pre> Note that you can use replacements from the Unicode character set such as U+2019 instead of the ASCII apostrophe.
 ** Document preliminary searches showing the name is not encumbered by trademarks or other use that makes it a bad or risky choice.
-* Names are vetted through the Red Hat Legal department for a more intensive trademark search.
+* Names are vetted:
-* The Fedora Board is responsible for making sure the name ballot is of sufficient size and composition.
+** by the Fedora [[Design]] team for applicability to theming
-* The final release name is decided through a community vote.
+** by the Fedora Board to make sure the name ballot is of sufficient size and composition.
+*** Typically, the Board has a private vote on the entire name roster (after initial vetting)
+*** The top results are sent on to Legal.
+** by the Red Hat Legal department for a more intensive trademark search
+* The final release name is decided through a community [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/voting vote].
 * Problems are resolved through the [[Board | Fedora Board]] and the [[FPL]].
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 {| tableclass="t1"
-! Name !! "Is a..." !! Tested !! Approved
+! Name !! "Is a..." !! Links out !! Tested !! Initial Approval !! Themeable !! Board Approved !! Legal Approved
+|-
+| ''Your suggestion -- this is a dummy'' || foobarific muttonchop || frobozz, whatsit || {{check}} ||  ||  ||  ||
+|-
+| Yokuts || Indian Tribe that settled Visalia CA, Robert Laughlin was born in Visalia, CA || Yokuts, Laughlin || || || || ||
+|-
+| git turnips || people who think that git is like svn  || https://www.google.com/search?q=turnip&hl=en&tbm=isch  || ||  ||  ||  ||
 |-
-| ''TestName'' || ''name used for a Fedora distro'' || ''Google search +software, +computer, +Linux, +IT'' || {{check}}
 |}
-=== How to use this table ===
-# Come up with a name idea.  Put the name in the first column.
-# Determine whether it passes the "is-a" test.  You must be able to complete the sentence "Cambridge is a <...>, and so is ''<YOUR_NAME>''."  The link to the new name cannot be the same as the link from Cambridge to Sulphur.  Mark the link in the appropriate column, such as "river in Kazakhstan," "deep-sea organism."
-#* ''Don't'' choose obvious links, because they usually result in uninteresting names.
-#* ''Don't'' choose very general names or unclear links.
-#* ''Do'' choose obscure links to interesting things, which makes for a better name.
-#* ''Do'' avoid ''all'' previous links wherever possible.
-# Use Google to search for possible trademark collisions.  First search for the term itself along with "+software", and then broaden your search to include "+computer", "+hardware", "+technology", "+IT", and so on.  ''Do not skimp on this step.''
-#* If you find a collision, it is best to find another name.  Names that cause collisions will be eliminated by Red Hat's Legal department and thus waste their time, which is a valuable commodity for Fedora.  Help us maximize their effectiveness by weeding out names that are trademarks of other entities, especially those in the IT industry.
-#* If the collision is outside the IT/computing market, you can still submit the name but you should note the collision in the search column, and include a link to the site where the collision was found.
-#* If you find no collisions, make that notation in the "Search" column.
-# Do not mark the approval columns.  These are reserved for the approval authorities such as the Board and Red Hat Legal.
 == Release Names ==
+* [[Name suggestions for Fedora 20]]
-=== Current ===
+* [[Name suggestions for Fedora 19]]
-[[Name suggestions for {{FedoraVersion|long|next}}]]
+* [[Name suggestions for Fedora 18]]
+* [[Name suggestions for Fedora 17]]
-=== Prior Releases ===
+* [[Name suggestions for Fedora 16]]
+* [[Name suggestions for Fedora 15]]
+* [[Name suggestions for Fedora 14]]
+* [[Name suggestions for Fedora 13]]
+* [[Name suggestions for Fedora 12]]
+* [[Name suggestions for Fedora 11]]
 * [[History of Fedora release names]]