Re: [OM Cooker] Odp.: Re: Odp.: Re: Problem updating system

On 06/20/2013 02:02 PM, David Walser wrote:
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>> 4.Who renamed (be self decision) distro name to Moondrake?
> Original poll was conducted by Charles Schulz.  Top winner was something like mandala or something that apparently sounds funny in Russian, and was a result of some immature trolling.  Second was probably OpenMandriva, which is an irresponsible choice for a *product* name, due to trademark issues.  Third was Moondrake.  Seemed the best choice given the combination of responsibility and community preference at that time.  Furthermore, there was nothing set in stone about it that it couldn't be changed again before the release.  Finally, setting the name to *something* was made more urgent by Charles Schulz (again) demanding on behalf of MDV that it no longer be called "Mandriva Linux" as it still was at that time.
Eschewing names with vulgar connotations in any language, let alone one 
used by most of the productive developers (afaict) and potential user 
base, is not trivial.  My recollection is that 'OpenMandriva' was 
licensed/ceded to OMA as the only 'mandriva'-containing name that could 
be used without legal challenge.  I voted for that name. "Irresponsible" 
is your characterization and debatable, as well.
The hostility toward Schultz and other support paid for by Mandriva SA 
is, imo, unjustified and a prime source of the acrimony that continues 
to undermine the slow, precarious development of this attempted 
renaissance, the diligent unheralded work of volunteers, not only of 
code developers.
Rolf