2008/3/26 Jeff Spaleta <jspaleta@xxxxxxxxx>: > > > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 12:23 AM, Valent Turkovic > <valent.turkovic@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > My gut feeling tells me that they will tell that fedora can change the > > name to gimp if that fits better, most upstream gnome people to who I > > talked to told me that on such minor things gnome lets downstream > > customize as they need for them. > > > > I'll talk to upstream and report back and tell you if my gut feeling > > was spot on or wrong. > > > > > whether we are allowed to do it or not is not the point. > > The argue you made was about brand recognition. As a downstream, should we > be telling the upstream project how their brand should be handled? I really > don't think so. We all recognize that brands have value because they are > recognizable. But if a specific project wants to change their brand..that is > THEIR choice..because its THEIR project. > > As distributors of 'well known' applications... we need to take our cues > from the upstream project with regard to handling 'branding'. Perhaps the > project leads for GIMP are actually trying to make an explicit effort to > rebrand it so the non acronym becomes the recognized name. If so, then we > should respect that. If you want this changed... get the upstream project > to revert back to using the GIMP as the name instead of the longer name in > the desktop file. For all we know this is a deliberate attempt to rebrand > by the upstream project. After speaking with upstream it seams that that is the case. They want more recognition of the name "GNU Image Manipulation Program" and even if I personally think that is wrong I respect their decision. Fedora has "respect upstream" attitude so it should respect their decision... Cheers, Valent. -- http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/ linux, blog, anime, spirituality, windsurf, wireless registered as user #367004 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org. ICQ: 2125241, Skype: valent.turkovic -- Fedora-desktop-list mailing list Fedora-desktop-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-desktop-list
