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Rules
This page contains community suggestions for the Fedora 17 release name. All submissions must meet the guidelines for release names.
Lovelock → Verne → <new name>? Verne is a <blank>, and so is <new name>.
The link between Lovelock and Verne was "both are names of futurologists". The link between Verne and the new Fedora 17 release name must be different than that link, and different from any other previous link.
Naming Schedule
- Name collection: 13 September through 20 September
- List to Fedora Board: 20 September through 23 September
- Legal Review of Board approved names: 24 September through 30 September
- Community vote on final name: 30 September through 06 October
- Name announced: 07 October
Name Suggestions
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 truthfully complete the sentence "Verne is a <...>, and so is <YOUR_NAME>." The link to the new name cannot be the same as the link from Lovelock to Verne, 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!
- 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.
Suggestion Table
Name | "Is a..." | Tested | Initial Approval | Comments | Themeable | Board Approved | Legal Approved |
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Erwin | Is a son of a famous scientist | Max Planck and Emmett Brown being the fathers | atoms and stuff given Erwin Schrödinger too | ||||
Rutan | Name of an aircraft designer and pilot of the first aircraft to go around the world (Dick Rutan ) | Verne wrote "Around the world in 80 days" so there is a connection | Aircraft, blue sky etc | ||||
Hugo | Verne was a client of Pierre-Jules Hetzel, so was Victor Hugo | Hugo's visual art would provide ample inspirational material http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Victor_Hugo-Setting_Sun.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Victor_Hugo1300.JPG | |||||
Shakespeare | Verne was a playwright, so was Shakespeare | Lots of non-copyright stuff available | |||||
Ramon | Verne is a name of a crater (on the moon) and Ramon is a name of a crater (on Earth) | Desert landscape | |||||
Morgan | He was one of the most notorious and successful privateers of all time, and one of the most ruthless who worked in the Spanish Main. | privateers of all time http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Morgan | |||||
Alcatraz | Both Verne and Alcatraz are/were island prisons | prisons, islands, ... rocks? | |||||
Fenimore | Verne Gagne was a 1947 NFL Draft pick and so was Bob Fenimore | ||||||
Balboa | was a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador. | Conquistador http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez_de_Balboa |
Approval Mark Legend
Approval Mark | Meaning |
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Approved | |
Rejected | |
Under review |
Rejected Suggestions
Name | "Is a..." | Tested | Initial Approval | Comment | Themeable | Board Approved | Legal Approved |
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