On 11/29/11 13:36, Gavin McDonald wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Robert Burrell Donkin [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, 29 November 2011 10:48 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Vote] renaming the project to creadur >> >> On 11/29/11 07:30, Hugo Hirsch wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> as pointed out before let's start voting to rename the project to 'creadur'. >>> >>> +1 >> >> The way I see it, we don't need to rename anything. Were Rat going to an >> existing TLP, there would be no problem. The product names don't need to >> change. We just need consensus on the board motion. >> >> Robert > > Yes it is the 'project' we are renaming not the product. it was you yourself > that > said 'RAT' would not pass.
That's my best guess but IANAL. I am reasonably sure that it will take months of extra work to resolve conclusively whether Rat is suitable or not. But it is also possible that the brand team may surprise me and just approve Rat as a suitable name. Or the Incubator may remove the rule about trademarks and push the problem of names back to the board. Having Rat as a podling name is safe but may no longer be suitable as a top level project name. Officially renaming the podling would mean work changing URLs etc which isn't necessary. So I think the best tactic is just to get everything else sorted out and leave the name until the last minute. Robert
