On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 09:58:51AM -0600, inode0 wrote: > 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. That's fair. I'm not advocating at this point that such a fate even needs to be decided immediately. What I tried to advocate was that we not proceed in discussions about change from presumptions that things can't. -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ The open source story continues to grow: http://opensource.com -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
