Name suggestions for Fedora 15

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Name suggestions are now being accepted. Please read the guidelines before contributing to maximize chances that your suggestion can be on the ballot.

Rules

This page contains community suggestions for the Fedora 15 release name. All submissions must meet the guidelines for release names.

Goddard → Laughlin → <new name>? Laughlin is a <blank>, and so is <new name>.

The link between Goddard and Laughlin was "both are names of professors of physics." The link between Laughlin and the new name must be different than that link, and different from any other previous link.

General links automatically rejected
General links such as "is a word" or "is a location", while technically within the scope of the rules, will most certainly be rejected by the Fedora Board. Remember, the goal is to come up with a creative link to Goddard. The following links will also likely be rejected:

• Other kinds of scientists
• Names of living people
• Well-known trademarks

Please try to find a truly original and obscure link!

Naming Schedule

PROPOSED:

• Name collection: 13 October through 19 October
• List to Fedora Board: 20 October to 22 October
• Legal Review of Board approved names: 21 October to 25 October
• Community vote on final name: 26 October - 1 November
• Name announced: 2 November

Name Suggestions

Please read carefully.
The instructions below will help prevent some suggestions from being eliminated early.

How to use this table

1. Come up with a name idea. Put the name in the first column.
2. Determine whether it passes the "is-a" test. You must be able to truthfully complete the sentence "Laughlin is a <...>, and so is <YOUR_NAME>." The link to the new name cannot be the same as the link from Goddard to Laughlin, nor any other previous link. Mark the link in the appropriate column, such as "type of chemical reaction," "deep-sea organism."
   • Don't choose obvious links, because they usually result in uninteresting names.
   • Don't choose very general names or unclear links.
   • Don't choose names of living people, or well-known trademarks.
   • 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!
3. 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.
4. Do not mark the approval columns. These are reserved for the approval authorities such as the Board and Red Hat Legal.

Suggestion Table

Name	"Is a..."	Tested	Initial Approval	Comments	Themeable	Board Approved	Legal Approved !
Aleixandre	Vicente Aleixandre is a Nobel prize laureate as Laughlin was	Not brands nor companies: K12 public school in Madrid, a public college in Extremadura			Passion for nature, for brave people Ref
Allensworth	Allen Allensworth is from Tulare County and Laughlin was born there	Several companies, none on IT			Escape from slavery, self taught, and founder of first African American community; military hero
Asturias	Miguel Ángel Asturias is a Nobel laureate as Robert Laughlin (his mother was a teacher as Laughlin's too)	None as Asturias itself, just "tpvasturias"			Mayan culture; Outreach to underprivileged (founder of Popular University); "captivating totality of nature" Ref.
Bardeen	John Bardeen is a Nobel prize laureate as Laughlin was	No collision found		It's one of the inventor of transistor. And he works on the superconductivity	Computer hardware, especially transistors. Superconductivity
Bechet	Sidney Bechet was an american clarinetist as Tim Laughlin is.	No IT related brands nor companies		To the glory of a great jazzman. Furthermore, i'm sure he would have been a Fedora fan ;-) Note : Fedora records is also a jazz label	Music, jazz, good vibes
Britannia	Laughlin is american, and America was a britain colony.			Brittania is the latin name of Great Britain.	Territories or antique design, etc.
Kannus	Kannus is a city in Finland				Torvalds's country
Maestro	Maestro, Italian word, appoint the Master, arrived with the more high degrees of his artistic practice.			Because i like this name and let my inspiration come	Adapted to this distribution i think
Malmstrom	Laughlin is an Airforce base and so is Malmstrom.	No IT or software related collisions that I could see.		There is a UFO conspiracy theory that surrounds the Malmstrom airforce base. Might lead to an Alien theme! (or even better, Alien themed Easter eggs!) Also, Malmstorm air force base, being a military facility, might cause a problem. (Hopefully, it won't.)	Aeroplanes, evolution of aeroplanes, etc.
Phosphorus	Laughlin is a brain lighting, and so is the property of phosphorus.	IT maybe conflict with http://p15consulting.com/		Because it has atomic number 15. It is hard to find on Earth as a genius. It is found inside our DNA as the truth and genius.	Very flexible for design
Rexroth	James Laughlin is an american poet who was friends with Kenneth Rexroth, also an american poet	Bosch Rexroth is a German engineering firm that designs and manufactures motion and control systems for industrial and mobile equipment. E.g., pneumatics and hydraulics		Kenneth Rexroth was a poet, translator, and critic. He translated Chinese and Japanese poetry, experimented in Haiku and Beat poetry, wrote the article on literature in the Encyclopedia-Britannica, and generally explored wide-ranging interests in music and culture.	Rexroth is especially known for his love poetry, but really he had a lot of interests, so a theme could go in many different directions
Roswell	City in New Mexico (Laughlin is a city in Nevada)	There are LOTS of things called "roswell", including a beta version of RHL from way back when.			Aliens!
Shockley	William Shockley is a Nobel laureate	Surprisingly, I found no collisions (eugenics? -Tezcatl)			Computer hardware, especially transistors.
Souley	Souley is the name of our french friend from fedora-fr who died this year			To never forget him and for his memory !	He was an Ambassador of french team Fedora and i think it will be a beautiful continuation to laughlin
Sparks	Laughlin and Sparks are cities in Nevada	at least in Germany nothing related to software or computers (according to a DPMA search)			electricity, fire, ... - more remote communication, fireworks, ...
Whittle	Frank Whittle invented the jet engine	None that I could see			Jets- wind, steam, air flow
Woody	Laughlin is a Linux distribution and so is Woody				Just a cheeky suggestion
Wynn	Wynn is a casino entrepreneur as is Don Laughlin.			Wynn is the name of the company that runs the casino. I don't know if this counts as a collision or not - gregbair	Card suits, roulette wheels, slots, neon lights, etc. Wynn also sounds like "win." The Wynn casino itself is very technically advanced. Its the only Casino at this time that has RFID tags in every single game chip.
Guerrero	Chavo Guerrero was a ECW Champion as it was Thomas James "Tom" Laughlin AKA Tommy Dreamer	I searched Guerrero +Computer +IT +Technology +Hardware		Guerrero is a Spanish word that means Warrior.	Warrior, battle

Various connections that could be explored. "Laughlin is a ..."

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Approval Mark Legend

Approval Mark	Meaning
	Approved
	Rejected
	Under review

Rejected Suggestions

Name	"Is a..."	Tested	Initial Approval	Comment	Themeable	Board Approved	Legal Approved