Please, note, that I'm planning today to setup first round of name voting to select top N options and trash bad options. It'll be done after the IRC team meeting.
On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 9:34 AM, Sergey Lukjanov <slukja...@mirantis.com>wrote: > There are already some names proposed in the etherpad, so, I'll setup a > voting to choose top N options and discuss them detailed. The voting will > be started after the next IRC team meeting next week, Feb 13. > > Thanks. > > P.S. Looking forward for new name proposals :) > > > On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Sergey Lukjanov > <slukja...@mirantis.com>wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> >> As part of preparations for graduation from incubation [0], I've >> contacted OpenStack Foundation Marketing team to ensure that everything is >> ok with our program and project names from their point of view. Thanks for >> Lauren Sell for providing info. >> >> Thetus Corporation already use 'Savanna' as the name for one of their >> technologies [1]. Thetus doesn't actually hold any registered trademark for >> 'Savanna', but they have common-law rights to the mark because they have >> established use and marketed it since 2010, so, in case if we applied for a >> trademark, they could certainly challenge us and win. So, the answer from >> marketing team was that it's a pretty high risk to continue using our >> lovely name... The most sad part is that I couldn't google their site using >> words savanna, hadoop, cloud and etc. >> >> Let's move on to the new name selection process. I'm proposing one or two >> weeks for brainstorming and sharing your thoughts about the project name >> depending on number of suitable options, then I'll probably setup the small >> voting to select the best option. >> >> I've created an etherpad [2] for discussing new name options, so, the >> process is send your options to this thread and then go to the etherpad [2] >> to discuss them. Please, don't forget to google your options to avoid one >> more renaming in future ;) >> >> Thanks, looking forward for you thoughts. >> >> [0] >> http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/governance/tree/reference/incubation-integration-requirements- >> "Project should have engaged with marketing team to check suitable >> official name" >> [1] http://www.thetus.com/savanna >> [2] https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/savanna-renaming >> >> -- >> Sincerely yours, >> Sergey Lukjanov >> Savanna Technical Lead >> Mirantis Inc. >> > > > > -- > Sincerely yours, > Sergey Lukjanov > Savanna Technical Lead > Mirantis Inc. > -- Sincerely yours, Sergey Lukjanov Savanna Technical Lead Mirantis Inc.
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