Re: Branden Robinson in <[🔎] 20031214235315.GB7572@deadbeast.net> > > > Debian FreeBSD -> Debian Forneus (BSD) > > > Debian NetBSD -> Debian Naberius (BSD) > > > Debian OpenBSD -> Debian Orobos (BSD) > > [...] > > Your proposal would change that. I oppose it, and I would oppose it just > > the same if you wanted to call them Loki, Kali or Hitler. (To pick a few > > at random.) Using names of evil, real or imagined, is not something > > that would be helpful to Debian. That kind of publicity we don't need. > > I doubt you'd have known they were names from Christian demonology if I > hadn't told you. I didn't propse that we use better known names like > "Lucifer" or "Satan". Even names like "Belial", "Asmodeus", and > "Mephistopheles" are unfamiliar to uneducated Christians (which is most > of them, at least in the U.S.). I consider myself educated, and I've never heard of any demons in school where we had 13 years of religious (catholic) education. I can definitely say that I'm not offended, and I doubt that anyone I know would be. I like Branden's proposition very much. (Other than the proposed Pratchett names.) > In any event, for any name that doesn't raise trademark issues (and > thus potentially jeopardize the entire project), I'd say > the choice remains up to those who are actually doing the work -- and > that would be the Debian *BSD porters. Indeed. Christoph -- Christoph Berg <cb@df7cb.de>, http://www.df7cb.de/ Wohnheim D, 2405, Universität des Saarlandes, 0681/9657944
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