[ogb-discuss] OGB/2007/002 Community and Project Reorganisation

[Eric Boutilier]

On Mon, 23 Apr 2007, Eric Boutilier wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Apr 2007, David.Comay at Sun.COM wrote:
>>> We should really find a better name than Freeware, which is not
>>> necessarily accurate (the term is usually used to refer to price
>>> rather than freedom[0[) and would not in any case be unique since the
>>> entire community is built around Free Software.  I might suggest a
>>> more ambitious name such as External Software Integration.
>> 
>> Or to be a bit specific, "External Open Source Integration".
>>
>>>> 	3.3  Re-classify the following communities as projects:
>>> ...
>>>> 		- 'GNU Solaris' endorsed by Freeware
>>> ...
>>>> 		- 'Solaris Volume Manager' renamed to 'Volume Manager' and
>>>> 			endorsed by Storage
>>> 
>>> One of the few agreements that's arisen from the naming thread is that
>>> Solaris doesn't belong in any project's name (and sec. 7.4's
>>> requirement #2 prohibits its use in a Community Group name).  As a
>>> Group name, "GNU Solaris" falls doubly afoul of 7.4, but even as a
>>> project it would need a new name.
>> 
>> Perhaps "GNU User-land"?
>
> Or "F/OSS User-land", or "F/OSS Ports".

Clarification: these are community name suggestions. I'm not crazy about
"External Open Source Integration" (external to what?)

Eric