[eric.saxe at sun.com: Re: [ogb-discuss] OGB/2007/002 Community and Project Reorganisation]

[Stephen Lau]

fwding Eric's response for him since he wasn't yet subscribed to the
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Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:25:18 -0700
From: Eric Saxe <eric.saxe at sun.com>
Subject: Re: [ogb-discuss] OGB/2007/002 Community and Project Reorganisation
To: Stephen Lau <stevel at sun.com>
Cc: Keith M Wesolowski <keith.wesolowski at sun.com>,
        Simon Phipps <webmink at sun.com>, Sara Dornsife <Sara.Dornsife at sun.com>,
        Eric.Boutilier at sun.com,
        OpenSolaris Governing Board Discussions
 <ogb-discuss at opensolaris.org>,
        Eric Saxe <esaxe at jurassic-x4600.sfbay.sun.com>

Thanks for cc'ing me...
I guess my project proposal has become somewhat of a case study? :)

Stephen Lau wrote:
>>>>Proposed name: Project Tesla: Solaris Enhanced Power Management
>>>>   Not O.K.
>>>>   Suggest: "Tesla: Solaris Enhanced Power Management"
>>>>   (similar to... several, e.g. Reno and Tamarack)
>>>>        
>>>Not OK - Decorative.
>>>      
>>Ok by policy, not ok for hosting on Sun's resources.  That is, if you
>>speak for Sun here.
>>    
>
>So what about just 'Tesla: Enhanced Power Management Policies'?
>(to denote that it's not about suspend/hibernate which is how most
>people would interpret it, I'm sure)
>  

If it's felt that expression of the project's focus on policy is 
necessary in it's name, i'd
be ok with that. To what extent is that a governance issue? (Just 
curious since i'm missing
context).

>Tesla to me implies the physicist, not a company. 
>
>  

Again, I think i'm missing context. Is there a trademark issue? If so, 
is there a process that proposers
of projects are supposed to (or should) go through to ensure a project's 
name is "good"?

>>>* Including "Solaris" or "OpenSolaris" in the name is redundant since  
>>>      
>>Agreed.
>>    
>
>Ditto.
>  
Maybe in the context of opensolaris.org it's redundant. But where the 
project name is raised in a broader context
(like "an open source project"), expressing that the work is destined 
for OpenSolaris seems useful.

Thanks,
-Eric

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