[Gdal-dev] T-Shirts

Frank Warmerdam warmerdam at pobox.com
Fri Aug 31 13:22:15 EDT 2007


Doug_Newcomb at fws.gov wrote:
>> Do we want to imply that GDAL is endangered? Maybe an invasive species
>> would be more apropos, like zebra mussel or something.
> 
> Hmmm,..Good Point.  How about these lists?
> http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-invasive-species, or
> http://invasivespecies.nbii.gov/projects.html
> 
>       Generally,invasive species are generally things people don't want.
> And invasives are only invasives outside of their native habitat.
> 
>       Adding invasives does however, add to the pool of unusual names :-).
> Kudzu, spurge, chengu,.... etc.

Folks,

OK, as I feared, I'm a bit overwhelmed by our options for a catchy version
name, so I suggest we leave this off the tshirts and leave it as a decision
to make at the bug squash event.

Best regards,
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