On 5/31/07, Anthony wikimail@inbox.org wrote:
Has it been decided whether or not the individual projects have any say in determining their own names, or whether the foundation will impose a name upon them from the top down, or is this still up for debate?
It is not decided that anything will change at all, and if it will, the parameters of that change are very much up to debate. This survey is an informal project I have initiated to collect some data for further discussion.
It is worth considering, when it comes to majority decisions on such matter, that a group can be its own worst enemy: http://www.shirky.com/writings/group_enemy.html
Our own view of these brands is clouded by our constant exposure to them. Our neural networks have become, more or less, adapted to navigate the jungle of brands and name 1anagrams.