[OSGeo-Discuss] Renaming FOSS4G

[María Arias de Reyna]

Hi Barry,

No, please no!! FOSS4G is easy to pronounce in several languages, includes
the word Free and is the name of the conference. OsGeo is ¿"just"? the
organization behind it.

I think it will make even more sense to change OSGeo to FOSGeo.

Comments inline.

On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 5:12 PM, Barry Rowlingson <
b.rowlingson at lancaster.ac.uk> wrote:

> Okay, this is probably sticking a match under a pile of dry wood but
> here goes...
>
> Can we rename The FOSS4G Conference to The OSGeo Conference?
>
> Cons:
>
>  1. FOSS4G is an established brand
>
>  2. FOSS4G sidesteps the "Free" vs "Open Source" argument by including
> both.
>
> Counters to those:
>
>  1. Really? Perhaps amongst OSGeo people, but outside our sphere I
> have to expand the acronym and then go on to mention OSGeo.
>
>  2. Let's have that argument somewhere else, okay?
>

What argument? Why? If you are thinking about the free/open argument,
that's something we *should* make clear before the "openess" eats us.


> Pros:
>
>  1. Puts the *Geo* visible, not tucked away as a G at the end.
>
>  2. Gets rid of the "4G", which may have been a cool thing 2 do ten
> years ago, but not now :)
>
>  3. Removes any confusion with 4G telecoms networks.
>

For this we just have to wait until the 5G generation.


>
>  4. Clearly brands the conference as an OSGeo conference. Recent
> discussion about the prominence and significance of OSGeo to FOSS4G
> becomes moot.
>

If OSGeo becomes irrelevant to FOSS4G it will be because FOSS4G has evolved
to something better. What would be the problem in that? Give space to
things so they can evolve...


>
>  5. Is easy to explain. The OSGeo Conference is the open source
> geospatial conference. See the OSGeo web site. Search for OSGeo. One
> acronym to remember.
>

And then when we talk about OSGeo it may become confusing if we are
referring to the conference or to the organization.


>
> [I toyed with the idea that the conference should be called "OSGeo
> Live!" and renaming the OSGeo Live operating system disc as "OSGeoOS"
> but that might be a bit too much :)]
>
> So, this is the discuss list, discuss.
>
> Barry
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