Hi Be,
Putting aside the trademark thing...
Frankly, I don't think Mixxx as part of the name of a distro actually
sounds cool or would anyway help the uptake... For one thing, most novice
users probably have no idea what Mixxx is.
If I were in your place, I would go for a name that either describes the
function i.e. 'Linux 4 DJs', Live DJ with Linux', 'The DJ distro', 'iDJ
Linux' or captures a cool sounding DJing/musical term i.e. 'Backspin
Linux', 'Crossfade Linux', 'Breakbeat Linux'. Beyond that you could play
off the Mixxx name in a way that limits potential for confusion... i.e.
miX3 Linux, ReMix3
If you wanted to say the distro "features Mixxx" as a tag line, I don't
think that would be a big deal.
Just my 2 cents...
[Disclaimer: The opinions above are my own, and don't constitute an
official position of Mixxx :P]
-G
On Feb 8, 2015 2:29 PM, "Daniel Schürmann" <dasch...@mixxx.org> wrote:
> Hi Be,
>
> you project sounds cool. Do you have any project page?
>
> The Mixxx trademark is somehow owned by the Mixxx team.
>
> It is hard to give a permission to label a third party product Mixxx
> if it is Mixxx related, but developed outside the team.
>
> Since your project seams to be fully inline with the goals of the Mixxx
> team, there should be a way to use the Mixxx name.
>
> I hope RJ Ryan our head developer jumps in. He can explain the legal
> situation a the best.
>
> Since you are already active in the Mixxx team, why not join the projects?
> Just make your project a Mixxx team project?
>
> What do the others on this list think?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Daniel
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Am 08.02.2015 um 13:14 schrieb Be:
> > I am also open to suggestions for other names. Potential names I am
> > thinking of:
> > Live Mixxx
> > ReMixxx (I would also like permission from Mixxx developers for this)
> > Respin/ReSpin
> >
> > Btw, the USB installer script will set up USB drives with a persistent
> > /home partition as well.
> >
> > On 02/07/2015 04:14 PM, Be wrote:
> >> I've been working on a live GNU/Linux distribution with Mixxx based on
> >> Fedora and I'm nearly ready to publish a first version. It will have a
> >> number of advantages over what has been done before, including a script
> >> to set up a USB drive to be able to boot it and store music on it
> >> seamlessly & copy music to/from it with OS X and Windows, a full Xfce
> >> desktop environment, and realtime patched Linux. I've been thinking of
> >> calling it "Live DJ GNU/Linux", but the more I talk about it the
> >> clunkier that name sounds. I'd like to call it "Live Mixxx GNU/Linux",
> >> which also quite clearly says what it is and but sounds good (it
> >> rhymes!). Would it be okay with the Mixxx developers if I use that name?
> >>
> >>
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