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Revision as of 19:19, 10 August 2020
Name the Fedora IoT Edition
We need your help naming the Fedora IoT Edition. Nominations are listed below. Vote using the [elections app. Voting begins at 0000 UTC on 18 March and ends at 2359 UTC on 25 March.
Timeline
- 2-15 March 2020: Name suggestions collected
- 16 March 2020: IoT team removes unusable suggestions
- 17 March 2020: Fedora Program Manager sets up an election
- 18-25 March 2020: Fedora community (CLA +1 required) votes on names
- 26 March 2020: Top three names sent to Red Hat Legal for final check
Name suggestions
The following names have been suggested by the community.
Suggested Name | Suggested by | Explanation |
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Edgy McEdgeface | pbrobinson | Because it's the law! |
Edge | tdawson | The boring, but logical name |
SilverBlueServer | tdawson | Because it's the SilverBlue tech, for servers |
IogurT | lruzicka | Because everyone likes it and it has IoT in it, if you change spelling a bit, thus everybody gets it. |
Frontier | lorbus | The 'leading edge' |
IoT Edge | lorbus | Catch all, boring but logical |
Tiny | yaneti | Because the goals align. Think OpenWRT but Fedora (where possible) |
Fedora IoT | kparal | simple, clear, consistent, everybody already knows it |
MiniBlue | torbuntu | Uses rpm-ostree tech like SilverBlue, but for IoT devices |
Verge | lhc130 | Synonymous to Edge |
Everywhere | Till | Because it will be |
Proletarian | sgallagh | Basically an underpaid worker! |
Nucliya | sumantrom | important part of a cell, has "Cli" on it and cells are the building block |
Entity | laubersm | Synonym for thing |
Thimble | whot | It's a tiny little hat but goes not where hats usually go |
Mini | Hguemar | Simple |
Connections | Hguemar | That's what will be possible in anywhere. |
Rejected suggestions
The following suggestions have been rejected for the reason given.
Suggested Name | Explanation |
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Crown | Name of an IoT company |
Orbit | name of an IoT product |
Nookless | May be seen as a reference to the Barnes & Noble Nook e-reader |
NanoBlue | Name of a Bluetooth antenna |
Conductor | Name of an existing IoT product |
Things | Name of an existing IoT platform |
Light | Name of an existing IoT lighting app |
Hub | Name of an existing IoT service |
Altair | Name of an existing company with an IoT offering |
Compass | Name of an existing IoT company |
Coke Machine | Intentional reference to a trademark |
Brim | An SAP feature. This may be in a different enough space to not be a legal issue, but why chance it? |
Orchestra | Several tech sector (non-IoT) conflicts: 1 and 2 for example. |
Wintermute | Several tech sector (non-IoT) conflicts: 1 and 2 for example. |
HAL2020 | Becomes very confusing next year. May have intellectual property issues with the the source book/movie. |
FIDO | The FIDO Alliance is focusing on IoT. |
Silver Edge | Name of an existing datacenter product. |
Ion | Similar to the name of a company "facilitating an Internet of Things economy". |