[OSGeo-Discuss] Renaming FOSS4G

[Venkatesh Raghavan]

On 2015/10/16 2:14, Massimiliano Cannata wrote:
> My 0.01 cent,
> actually I don't think we have obtained permission to use it... as nobody
> own it.
Looking at it the other way I think it could be said that the community 
owns it.

my 0.01 yen
> ...OSGeo is the expression of FOSS4G, like the PSC of a project is the
> expression of the project community...
> Exactly like QGIS look for creating a legal body foss4g did it in the past
> with OSGeo, a federation foundation for all FOSS4G communities.
>
> Maxi
>
> 2015-10-15 18:39 GMT+02:00 Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>:
>
>> The foss4g brand has world wide recognition and is being used as great
>> outreach tool for several organizations (often based on the region). As an
>> organization we do not own the brand, and have obtained permission to use
>> it (as the polite thing to do).
>>
>> One thing that is interesting is watching what the regional events put on
>> by local chapters are called. You can kind of see the effect of the brand
>> by which regions choose to mark their event "foss4g". I have personally set
>> up a "foss4g-au" event for example which was great fun for all involved.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jody
>>
>> --
>> Jody Garnett
>>
>> On 6 October 2015 at 08:12, 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?
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>   4. Clearly brands the conference as an OSGeo conference. Recent
>>> discussion about the prominence and significance of OSGeo to FOSS4G
>>> becomes moot.
>>>
>>>   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.
>>>
>>> [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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