On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 9:31 AM, Paul W. Frields <stickster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > So let's not start by putting too much sacred value on the term > "Spin." Rather, let's think about what specific technical and > community-building problems are caused by using Remixes, how to solve > them, and then consider that effort on balance against status quo. Paul, my personal problem with all this remix talk is more of a branding thing. While a spin can be called a remix in the same sense that a square can be called a rectangle we lose important information by doing that. Spins are special cases of remixes that assert values about the spin and its creators that are important both to the creators and to the consumers. Saying this image is all free software from Fedora matters to people. And I think it matters to Fedora too which is why we allow spins to use trademarks differently than remixes. I can imagine a new organization of things. Perhaps a different way to build and distribute what we now call spins. But I'm having a real hard time calling them remixes or treating them in the same way as remixes. And I think deciding the "fate" of spins before we even see the "product" that will be all that is left to replace them is putting the cart before the horse. John -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
