[Kamailio-Users] [Kamailio-Devel] poll: project name

Mik Cheez michael_bulk at wildgate.com
Mon Aug 11 23:05:21 CEST 2008


Yeah, It's kind of like hearing a baby's name for the first time; you 
might cringe for a moment, but you get over it.  At this point I think 
changing the name again would do more harm than good.

Ovidiu Sas wrote:
>> imho, we need to put this issue to bed and move on.  its done..
> 
> I have to agree with Adam here :)
> It's done.  Move forward and spend time in testing and coding!
> 
> Cheers,
> Ovidiu
> 
> 
>> Cheers,
>> Adam
>>
>> On 11 Aug 2008, at 11:50, Daniel-Constantin Mierla wrote:
>>
>>> Hello everybody,
>>>
>>> some people expressed inconveniences regarding the new name, so we
>>> would
>>> like to get your opinion about, therefore this is a poll that will get
>>> us to a decision. Here is the question:
>>>
>>> Do you like the name "Kamailio"?
>>> 1) Yes, I love it. Please keep it.
>>> 2) It is OK.
>>> 3) I do not mind the name at all
>>> 4) I do not like it
>>> 5) I hate the name and we should change it
>>>
>>> There is no need of explanations, as it is up to personal taste and
>>> decision. Just vote by option.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Daniel
>>>
>>> PS. for those interested...
>>>
>>> As short history about renaming story. On the 28th of March the board
>>> was informed about issues with SER part of project name. You can
>>> easily
>>> find who has the trademarks. On the 7th of April the board was
>>> informed
>>> about an agreement for the deadline as of September 30, 2008 to use
>>> old
>>> name. From there on, all old releases, documents, etc. can be referred
>>> by the old name, but nothing new. Other few discussions about what
>>> should/could be kept/changed followed and on 12th of May started the
>>> discussion about the new name with two main direction, something
>>> similar, to remind about old project or just something completely new,
>>> to be used as brand name. Couple of proposals and discussions
>>> regarding
>>> possible names followed up to 16th of July when was the deadline and
>>> the
>>> start of vote. Majority was reached on 17th but it was required to
>>> have
>>> opinions from all members of the board, last came from Bogdan, on the
>>> 28th of July.
>>>
>>> All discussions about migration were on the board mailing list. No
>>> change were done to openser.org configuration, just the new domain
>>> with
>>> kamailio in it was pointed to same server. Every step done was
>>> reported
>>> to board, following a schedule discussed there. Another discussion was
>>> about making the renaming and 1.4.0 release in same day. Being
>>> practically impossible to do all the work in one day, it was decided
>>> to
>>> do first the announcement about renaming. That happened on 28th when
>>> all
>>> agreed with the new name.
>>>
>>> As you can see, there was no 5 months of renaming duration. There
>>> was no
>>> change in openser.org DNS configuration undertaken with/without the
>>> knowledge of all board members. The new name domains were reserved
>>> when
>>> majority was achieved, in any case; dns entries for new name were
>>> pointed to old server shortly after booking the domains.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Daniel-Constantin Mierla
>>> http://www.asipto.com
>>>
>>>
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