On Mon, 2008-09-15 at 12:22 -0500, Matt Domsch wrote: > On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 05:35:26PM +0100, Frank Murphy wrote: > > Going back to school on Tuesday. > > Will have to create a website as part of it, > > using whatever app is specified. > > > > Rather than creating a fictitious site, > > was thinking of putting together a fedora-Ireland site. > > Which after the schooling could be used, > > a basis for Ireland\Fedora users. > > > > Looking for some feedback on the idea (1), and the use of the name > > fedora (2) in a registered domain. > > I would worry about the long-term implications of such. For my part, > when I was in school, projects I did rarely lived longer than the end > of finals week. As the Infrastructure and Websites teams will attest, > maintaining a useful website takes long-term effort. > > I'm also unclear what special needs the subset of the Fedora community > which may consitute "Ireland Fedora users" would have, different from > the global Fedora community, which would be worth the investment in > creating such a new site / subgroup. Could such be accomplished > using existing Fedora infrastructure? Would that also meet the needs > of your class assignment? > > If the class calls for using Microsoft FrontPage or Macromedia > Dreamweaver, there may be little overlap between the site you're > developing, and the community you would be promoting. > > I'd also be surprised if your professor required you to register a > domain name. I'd be less surprised if you were expected to create > this "site" within your own webspace on your school's servers. Such a > local, somewhat temporary (expires when you leave school or the class > ends) "fan site" should not require trademark approval. But if you're > going to put in the effort to sustain this long-term, then a domain > and approval would make sense. > I think ian weller had some good comments about this - b/c we've run into similar situations the spanish-speaking fedora sites. We're moving toward language_code.fedoraproject.org and allowing people who want to maintain translations/resources to work from there - Ian, would you like to comment on the above? -sv _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board mailing list fedora-advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board