[NTLUG:Discuss] Fair Rename

[Leroy Tennison]

On 04/29/2011 09:28 PM, Robert Pearson wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 10:01 PM, Mike Hart<just_mike_y at yahoo.com>  wrote:
>> Other things to brainstorm in besides the word "LINUX" all of which are much less specific to the kernel:
>>
>>
>> GNU
>> FSF (Free Software Foundation)
>> Tux (the penguin)
>> CopyLeft -- the backward (C)
>>
>> I like something like "NTPCUG Presents the DFW Planet GNU Free Software Conference", with a picture of Tux sitting on a copyleft sphere, and including something similar to but NOT the miniscule window in the lower left, and something like the fruit Eve ate in the lower right... portraying that they are sort of about to get rolled over.
>>
>> "Planet GNU" is a website tho, ( http://planet.gnu.org/ ) so before using the exact name I suggest, we'd need to clear it with those guys. For 'freedom' folks, I've seen some very silly stuff happen when names overlap a little.
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> Brainstorming, brainstorming, brainstorming...
> Maybe---
> "Hitchhiker's Guide to Freeware"
> "Hitchhiker's Freeware Fest"
> "Hitchhiker's Freeware Happening"
> "DIY Hitchhiker Freeware"
>
> There is a theme here somewhere in al these email suggestions. We just
> need to find it...
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"Hitchhiker's Guide to Freeware" - I like it, it is catchy and communicates what I believe we want to without any of the negatives (conference, symposium, rally, etc. as mentioned earlier).

"Hitchhiker's Guide to Freeware"

"Hitchhiker's Guide to Freeware"