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

[Anna Petrášová]

+1
Anna

On Sun, Feb 16, 2025 at 9:10 AM Jeff McKenna via grass-psc <
grass-psc at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> 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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