Re: Article about Baloo

On 02/18/2014 07:50 AM, Markus Slopianka wrote:
> Considering that once upon a time it was agreed that it's better to avoid
> jargon towards the end user, no user-visible parts should be connected to the
> name anyway.
> Or has the policy changed?
>
> Markus

In principle the policy makes sense.

In practice, it's not so clear. A Google search for "KDE Nepomuk" yields 
over 500,000 entries. And "slashdot nepomuk" shows over 350,000 results. 
Nepomuk is visible to users. It's gotten plenty of press and exposure in 
various forums.

Is that policy available somewhere to look at?

Dot stories are not just for users. The Dot audience is broad and 
diverse. Many uberTechies will be interested; KDE users are more 
technically inclined than the general public. And it's not like users 
are necessarily ignorant of Nepomuk..."Configure Desktop" or "System 
Settings" have an entry for Desktop Search. That section leads to 
several entries that refer to Nepomuk.

Key parts of the story are:
KDE is innovative.
KDE takes reasonable risks and keeps at things in the interest of 
performance and reliability.
KDE is a community with highly skilled continuity from project 
maintainer to project maintainer. NIH is not practiced here.



>
> On Tuesday 18 February 2014 13:48:57 Jens Reuterberg wrote:
>> On Tuesday 18 February 2014 13.34.56 Sebastian Kügler wrote:
>>> On Monday, February 17, 2014 20:42:42 Carl Symons wrote:
>>>> A great mascot
>>>
>>> We need to be careful not to tread on Disney's copyright here, though.
>>
>> This was talked about at the Plasma Sprint when Vishesh first told me about
>> an icon. The first idea was to make a siluette of Baloo - the issue being
>> that either its a bear, any old bear, or its a copyrighted character from
>> one of the largest litigious companies on the planet.
>>
>> So better to leave that well enough alone.
>>
>> The name, the idea, the character - all belong to Kipling (so open for use)
>> but the image everyone knows is what Baloo looks like is a no-go area.
>>
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