[Printing-architecture] LinuxPrinting.com naming

Ira McDonald blueroofmusic at gmail.com
Tue May 22 08:36:26 PDT 2007


Hi,

Thanks Jim for that helpful comment about focus.

Cheers,
- Ira

On 5/22/07, Jim Zemlin <jzemlin at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Till:
>
> Allow me to repeat:
>
> I suggest we focus on the work and not the name right now.      This
> can be a topic for discussion at our member meeting in June.    This
> isn't worth spending a lot of time discussing right now.
>
> Thanks. ;-)
>
> Jim
>
>
> On May 21, 2007, at 3:14 PM, Till Kamppeter wrote:
>
> > Dan wants to rename the OpenPrinting project (the whole project,
> > what we
> > have done the last 6 years as FSG OpenPrinting and what I have done in
> > the last 6 years as linuxprinting.org) from OpenPrinting to
> > LinuxPrinting, due to being the Linux Foundation, having the Linux
> > Standards Base, ...
> >
> >     Till
> >
> > Norm Jacobs wrote:
> >>
> >> Apparently, I missed the context of Dan Kohn's message.  What
> >> *exacly*
> >> is being proposed here?
> >>
> >>    -Norm
> >>
> >> Ira McDonald wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> <OP Chair hat on> There is a very strong negative feeling among many
> >>> of the OP WG chairs whose companies do NOT ship Linux that we should
> >>> keep the name "Open Printing" (which we've always had from the
> >>> outset
> >>> six years ago), to indicate that the scope is POSIX (not just
> >>> Linux) for
> >>> our APIs and components.
> >>>
> >>> We can change the name, but it's likely to lose us several working
> >>> group chairs and my immediate predecessor as OP Steering
> >>> Committee chair, Norm Jacobs (Sun Solaris).
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>> - Ira
> >>>
> >>> On 5/18/07, Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Yes, it has the advantages you mentioned, and the part of the
> >>>> project
> >>>> most known to users had the name linuxprinting.org.
> >>>>
> >>>> Disadvantages are that we are renaming a project again after
> >>>> short time
> >>>> and this means changing back all texts on the site, distros have to
> >>>> rename the packages again, confusing the users, changing names in
> >>>> OpenPrinting APIs (or leaving traces of all project names in the
> >>>> APIs
> >>>> with the time) ...
> >>>>
> >>>> So I want to ask the OpenPrinting workgroup members about
> >>>> whether we
> >>>> should rename or not. Or whether we should agree on the name on
> >>>> the next
> >>>>   OpenPrinting Steering Committee meeting. So anyone of the OP
> >>>> folks,
> >>>> WDYT?
> >>>>
> >>>>     Till
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Dan Kohn wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Till, I apologize in advance if you see this request as a
> >>>>> reversal.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Anyway, Amanda and I both think that the LinuxPrinting name is
> >>>>> much
> >>>>> stronger and more compelling than OpenPrinting.  The term
> >>>>> "open" has
> >>>>> been overused so much that it is almost meaningless at this
> >>>>> point.  I
> >>>>> appreciate that LinuxPrinting provides drivers for BSD,
> >>>>> Solaris, OS X,
> >>>>> etc. (and we want it to continue to do so), but just as the Linux
> >>>>> Foundation and Linux Standard Base work on an array of issues but
> >>>>> have a
> >>>>> Linux focus at their core, so does LinuxPrinting.  Would you be
> >>>>> willing
> >>>>> to change the branding of your website and working group?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>            - dan
> >>>>> --Dan Kohn <mailto:dan at dankohn.com>
> >>>>> COO, The Linux Foundation <http://www.linux-foundation.org>
> >>>>> <http://www.dankohn.com/>  <tel:+1-415-233-1000>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
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-- 
Ira McDonald (Musician / Software Architect)
Chair - Linux Foundation Open Printing WG
Blue Roof Music / High North Inc
PO Box 221  Grand Marais, MI  49839
phone: +1-906-494-2434
email: blueroofmusic at gmail.com




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