[indiana-discuss] Re: [indiana=discuss] Name of Distro?

[Patrick Finch]

Ben Creitz wrote:
> On 6/20/07, elw at stderr.org <elw at stderr.org> wrote:
>> How about "Luna" as a potential distribution name for Project Indiana's
>> output?
>>
>> This
>>
>> 1) doesn't include the letters s-o-l-a-r-i-s
>> 2) is clearly a close cousin
>> 3) has all sorts of pithy associations
>>
>> There's the sun, but the moon is a lot closer... let's shoot for that. :)
>>
>> --elijah
>>
>> Indiana University, Bloomington
> 
> Listen to this guy, he is actually from "Indiana University"!
> 
> But seriously, I think "Luna" is awesome.


I don't know if we are ready to start brainstorming other names, but 
it's worth bearing in mind that existing trademarks, especially in the 
technology industry, are likely to be off-limits.

In this case "Luna" is the name of a theme in Windows XP and an 
expensive Nokia handset (neither appear to be trademarked), but it is a 
trademark of SafeNet, Inc.    Not saying this disqualifies, but before 
we chip in with naming ideas, it's worth checking to see if they are 
taken or not, and certainly not saying I don't like the name: I do.

"OpenSolaris" is still my preferred option, however.

Patrick