[GRASS-PSC] [Motion] Use GRASS as a project name

[Jeff McKenna]

Comments from just a longtime user: fully +1 on the motion.  I've always 
tried to always refer to projects exactly as their PSC prefers (some 
prefer lowercase only, some mixed case, etc) and I've found the "GIS" 
part of GRASS as a little difficult (when posting with a hashtag, for 
example).  It makes sense to now just use "GRASS".  Thanks for this 
change, making life easier to share the GRASS news.

-jeff



On 2025-02-15 4:27 p.m., Vaclav Petras via grass-psc wrote:
> Dear GRASS PSC Members,
> 
> I would like to propose a motion to use "GRASS" as the official name of 
> the project.
> 
> As discussed during the last meeting, the project originally used 
> "GRASS". Over the years, "GRASS GIS" started to appear in more and more 
> places starting with very few in the mid 1990s and finally appearing in 
> the current version of the logo around the release of version 7 in the 
> form of bold "GRASS" and thin "GIS". However, some places including the 
> documentation continue using "GRASS", and adjectives almost exclusively 
> using only "GRASS" even in official materials. Going forward with simply 
> "GRASS" will lead to higher consistency in branding and communication.
> 
> I'm assuming that the followup changes to this motion will happen 
> naturally soon as a series of related changes is already underway, 
> namely new tutorials page, new branding, and new documentation.
> 
> I'm starting with +1 for this motion.
> 
> Vaclav
> 
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Jeff McKenna
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