[Kamailio-Users] poll: project name

[Adam Linford]

I would like to add another option:

6) Irrespective of personal like/dislike, recognize that spending any  
more time on it is not the best use of time/resources.

imho, we need to put this issue to bed and move on.  its done.. the  
name change has happened, site/domain changed, naming policy applied  
(near enough completely) to the codebase.  Should this poll have been  
done before the decision was taken?  Maybe, but lets all accept,  
learn, and move on.  Our project has already received criticism from  
commercial corners regarding being in flux and with an uncertain  
future, and the whole naming topic is also closely linked to other  
recent events which have had a negative impact on the larger  
community.  What we need is proactivity and solidarity.  Looking  
forward, not back.

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet."

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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