Re: Hosting the live cd
On 12.10.2008 12:29, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> But the most well known linux distribution that gets a lot of public
> attention gets away with it, so with similar tricks it might be
> possible for us as well. But that would need closer evaluation and is
> a complicated different topic we should ignore for now.
No distribution ships proprietary drivers bundled and linked by default
[...]
I know; but as I said: it's a complicated different topic we should
ignore for now.
> So here are my suggestions:
>
> (a) use "RPM Fusion" and prefix for all official spins (Just like
> Fedora project uses the name Fedora for its spins) ; a "RPM Fusion
> Spin" (using the kickstart file from omega as base) will be the first
> and official spin that has both the free and nonfree repos enabled;
> this naming scheme leaves room for other spins under the hood of RPM
> Fusion:
>
> * "RPM Fusion Free" (only free; nonfree repo not even enabled);
>
> * "RPM Fusion Games" (games from Fedora, RPM Fusion free/nonfree)
>
> * "RPM Fusion foo" (whatever people want to do)
>
> (b) just like "(a)", but only that we use "Omega" as the name for
the
> "official spin"; all others use "RPM Fusion" and prefix
>
> (c) Just like "(a)", but use Omega as prefix everywhere
>
> (d) your suggestion here
I don't think using the "spin" naming convention is a good idea for
trademark reasons.
I doubt that "spins" can be protected, as it's afaics a generic word.
The new trademark guidelines for Fedora proposed at
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Pfrields/NewTrademarkGuidelines
differentiates between a spin and a remix.
That is just the definition for that document afaics ("Hereinafter,
"Spin" refers to a combination on[...]"). Sure, we could consider
following that terminology. But "RPM Fusion Games Spin (a Fedora remix)"
IMHO is a nice description with term people are used to. But maybe we
should just ask Paul or FAB for options.
If you believe, that other
variants are going to be made available and they need to be in the same
space (separate sub domains are a possibility), instead of a omega
subdomain, you could setup a remix subdomain instead.
Not sure if that's wroth setting up an additional domain; the main spins
from Fedora are also just served in the usual repo path (
http://spins.fedoraproject.org/ for example doesn't contain the Live or
KDE spin). I'd say RPM Fusion should follow that example.
RPMFusion is
going to be providing packages for EL distributions as well. Someone
might have an interest in creating a remix around that. So to be
specific, you will get a name like - RPMFusion spin - free repository
for Fedora (GNOME edition) or something like that which tends to be
clumsy.
Leave some words out, rearrange some other and you have a nice name that
properly describes what it is and where it comes from:
RPM Fusion GNOME Spin
or
RPM Fusion GNOME Spin (Fedora reminx)
[...]
The proposed more liberal rules around the secondary mark for Fedora
remixes which I am keeping a close eye on will likely allow this
possibility. This is the reason I suggested the word "remix" in the
conversation which has been accepted by Red Hat Legal. It seems we are
close to getting the above guidelines finalized - certainly before the
Fedora 10 GA release. I will apply for approval if necessary and go
through the due process to get this done.
Many thanks for your work in that area!
Cu
knurd