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| Alexandria || was a library/research institution and is a university || Book management software for GNOME, library management software (goalexandria.com) || || || | |||
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=== How to use this table === | === How to use this table === |
Revision as of 15:56, 2 December 2008
Rules
This page contains community suggestions for the Fedora 11 release name. All submissions must meet the guidelines for release names.
Sulphur -> Cambridge -> <blank>? Cambridge is a <blank>, and so is <new name>.
The link between Sulphur and Cambridge was "both are cities." The link between Cambridge and the new name must be different than that link.
Naming Schedule
- Name collection: Dec 2, 2008 - Dec 8, 2008
- List to Fedora Board: Dec 9, 2008 - Dec 15, 2008
- Board approved list to Legal: Dec 16, 2008 - Jan 4, 2009
- Community vote on final name: Jan 5, 2009 - Jan 9, 2009
- Name announced: Jan 10, 2009
Name Suggestions
Name | "Is a..." | Tested | Initial Approval | Board Approved | Legal Approved |
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YoungHeart | is a soccer club in New Zealand. | Google search +software, +computer, +Linux, +IT | |||
Windsor | is a British Dukedom that was created for an abdicated king because Dukedom of Cambrdige was extant at the time | Google search +software, +computer, +Linux, +IT (conflict with an IT service firm: http://www.windsorcorp.com/) | |||
Hamline | is a university. | Google search +software, +computer, +Linux, +IT (there is a university with the same name) | |||
Glasses | is a creation from 1284 | Google search +software, +computer, +Linux, +IT (Cambridge University was founded around 1209 - 1284 was the founding of Peterhouse college, some time later) | |||
Oxford | is a university in England | Nothing obvious at first search | |||
Claddagh | is a type of Ring | Nothing obvious as top hits | |||
Nebula | is a strange name for Fedora release. | Nothing obvious | |||
Dictator | was a ship in the Union navy | No apparent conflicts (probably for obvious reasons) | |||
Claypool | Actors in Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey (Ed Cambridge, Les Claypool) | Google search +software, +computer (small business in Arizona), +Linux, +IT | |||
Gokyo | Cambridge is door to higher education so is Gokyo door to zenith of world | No conflict | |||
Persian | is a shade of blue | Google search +software, +computer, +Linux, +IT - dominated by use as an adjective rather than in any product names | |||
Catania | is one of the oldest universities of Sicily | NO conflict | |||
Hazzard | part of the "dukes of..." title | Nothing obviously conflicting | |||
Zampone | type of sausage | Nothing obvious in top hits | |||
Alexandria | was a library/research institution and is a university | Book management software for GNOME, library management software (goalexandria.com) | |||
Paisley Caves | source of interesting coprolites | Nothing obvious in top hits | |||
Bacon | George Cambridge was Knight Grand Cross and Francis Bacon was also a Knight | Nothing listed in the top hits | |||
Alexandria | was a library/research institution and is a university | Book management software for GNOME, library management software (goalexandria.com) |
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.
- Do make sure there are at least a couple of ways to link out of the new name to the next name -- and they must be unique too!
- 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 "Tested" column, and include a link to the site where the collision was found.
- If you find no collisions, make that notation in the "Tested" column.
- Do not mark the approval columns. These are reserved for the approval authorities such as the Board and Red Hat Legal.
Rejected Suggestions
Name | "Is a..." | Tested | Initial Approval | Board Approved | Legal Approved |
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Stonehenge | is a famous British landmark | Google search +software, +computer, +Linux, +IT (conflict with an IT service firm: http://www.stonehengeit.com/) (conflict with software company: http://www.eznumerologysoftware.com/) (conflict with well-known Perl consultancy: http://www.stonehenge.com/) | |||
Wroclaw | is an education city (Wroclaw university of technology, Wroclaw University etc) like Cambridge | Google search +software, +computer, +Linux, +IT (reuses the 'city' link that is forbidden) | |||
Yaxn | is "PLUS, MORE" in Mamaindé language - Brazilian indian tribe, so "Fedora Yaxn" is like "Fedora +", "Fedora Plus" | Mamaindé dictionary http://orbita.starmedia.com/~i.n.d.i.o.s/mamainde1.htm (does not meet the 'is a' link rule) | |||
Bacon | is a cut of meat taken from the sides, belly, or back of a pig that has been cured, smoked, or both. | Google search +software, +computer, +Linux, +IT Pass (does not meet the 'is a' link rule) |