[all][tc] OpenStack next release name is final- "OpenStack Yoga"
Hello Everyone, We have the final name selected for the OpenStack next release name. Its "OpenStack Yoga". As per the release name criteria[1], selection of release name is gone through three steps: Step1: Name nomination from community members[2]. Step2: TC voted on the nominated names[3]. Step3: Trademark checks by Foundation on winners from TC votes. In trademark check, “Yoga” is finalized as the best bet for this release. Thanks community members to participating in name nomination, TC to vote and Foundation for performing the trademark checks. "Yoga" is now good signal to extend our exercise and be more fit in Yoga cycle :) [1] https://governance.openstack.org/tc/reference/release-naming.html#release-na... [2] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Release_Naming/Y_Proposals [3] https://civs1.civs.us/cgi-bin/results.pl?id=E_f065453ffd2537cb -gmann
On Wed, 2021-07-07 at 13:57 -0500, Ghanshyam Mann wrote:
Hello Everyone,
We have the final name selected for the OpenStack next release name. Its "OpenStack Yoga".
As per the release name criteria[1], selection of release name is gone through three steps:
Step1: Name nomination from community members[2].
Step2: TC voted on the nominated names[3].
Step3: Trademark checks by Foundation on winners from TC votes. In trademark check, “Yoga” is finalized as the best bet for this release.
Thanks community members to participating in name nomination, TC to vote and Foundation for performing the trademark checks.
"Yoga" is now good signal to extend our exercise and be more fit in Yoga cycle :) were all 4 of the the proceeding items in the vode eliminated by trademark checks?
1. Yoda (Not defeated in any contest vs. another choice) 2. Yeti 3. York, loses to Yeti by 4–2 4. Yak, loses to York by 4–2 5. Yoga, loses to Yak by 3–2 given york is a gograpical region/place name that is normally not trademarkable. that was the basis of our much older naming scheme so im kind of suprised we made it down to the fith choice
[1] https://governance.openstack.org/tc/reference/release-naming.html#release-na... [2] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Release_Naming/Y_Proposals [3] https://civs1.civs.us/cgi-bin/results.pl?id=E_f065453ffd2537cb
-gmann
---- On Wed, 07 Jul 2021 18:42:07 -0500 Sean Mooney <smooney@redhat.com> wrote ----
On Wed, 2021-07-07 at 13:57 -0500, Ghanshyam Mann wrote:
Hello Everyone,
We have the final name selected for the OpenStack next release name. Its "OpenStack Yoga".
As per the release name criteria[1], selection of release name is gone through three steps:
Step1: Name nomination from community members[2].
Step2: TC voted on the nominated names[3].
Step3: Trademark checks by Foundation on winners from TC votes. In trademark check, “Yoga” is finalized as the best bet for this release.
Thanks community members to participating in name nomination, TC to vote and Foundation for performing the trademark checks.
"Yoga" is now good signal to extend our exercise and be more fit in Yoga cycle :) were all 4 of the the proceeding items in the vode eliminated by trademark checks?
1. Yoda (Not defeated in any contest vs. another choice) 2. Yeti 3. York, loses to Yeti by 4–2 4. Yak, loses to York by 4–2 5. Yoga, loses to Yak by 3–2
given york is a gograpical region/place name that is normally not trademarkable. that was the basis of our much older naming scheme so im kind of suprised we made it down to the fith choice
Yeah, we have to go down until Yoga due to trademark check and best fit/safer name. Even in older naming schema also we had to leave names due to trademark safety. -gmann
[1] https://governance.openstack.org/tc/reference/release-naming.html#release-na... [2] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Release_Naming/Y_Proposals [3] https://civs1.civs.us/cgi-bin/results.pl?id=E_f065453ffd2537cb
-gmann
I think York is a brand of Air Conditioner. Amy
On Jul 7, 2021, at 6:50 PM, Ghanshyam Mann <gmann@ghanshyammann.com> wrote:
---- On Wed, 07 Jul 2021 18:42:07 -0500 Sean Mooney <smooney@redhat.com> wrote ----
On Wed, 2021-07-07 at 13:57 -0500, Ghanshyam Mann wrote: Hello Everyone,
We have the final name selected for the OpenStack next release name. Its "OpenStack Yoga".
As per the release name criteria[1], selection of release name is gone through three steps:
Step1: Name nomination from community members[2].
Step2: TC voted on the nominated names[3].
Step3: Trademark checks by Foundation on winners from TC votes. In trademark check, “Yoga” is finalized as the best bet for this release.
Thanks community members to participating in name nomination, TC to vote and Foundation for performing the trademark checks.
"Yoga" is now good signal to extend our exercise and be more fit in Yoga cycle :) were all 4 of the the proceeding items in the vode eliminated by trademark checks?
1. Yoda (Not defeated in any contest vs. another choice) 2. Yeti 3. York, loses to Yeti by 4–2 4. Yak, loses to York by 4–2 5. Yoga, loses to Yak by 3–2
given york is a gograpical region/place name that is normally not trademarkable. that was the basis of our much older naming scheme so im kind of suprised we made it down to the fith choice
Yeah, we have to go down until Yoga due to trademark check and best fit/safer name.
Even in older naming schema also we had to leave names due to trademark safety.
-gmann
[1] https://governance.openstack.org/tc/reference/release-naming.html#release-na... [2] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Release_Naming/Y_Proposals [3] https://civs1.civs.us/cgi-bin/results.pl?id=E_f065453ffd2537cb
-gmann
On 2021-07-08 00:42:07 +0100 (+0100), Sean Mooney wrote: [...]
were all 4 of the the proceeding items in the vode eliminated by trademark checks? [...]
I don't know how much transparency we get from the trademark lawyers on their recommendations, but remember the risk is not binary. Every option carries at least some amount of risk, and no option is completely guaranteed to get us sued either. The folks evaluating these look at a number of factors to come up with a determination of which choices are reasonably safe, but trying to argue for a particular one ultimately means asking how much risk we're comfortable taking on for that name, rather than which name fits our comfort level. -- Jeremy Stanley
On Thu, 2021-07-08 at 00:30 +0000, Jeremy Stanley wrote:
On 2021-07-08 00:42:07 +0100 (+0100), Sean Mooney wrote: [...]
were all 4 of the the proceeding items in the vode eliminated by trademark checks? [...]
I don't know how much transparency we get from the trademark lawyers on their recommendations, but remember the risk is not binary. Every option carries at least some amount of risk, and no option is completely guaranteed to get us sued either. The folks evaluating these look at a number of factors to come up with a determination of which choices are reasonably safe, but trying to argue for a particular one ultimately means asking how much risk we're comfortable taking on for that name, rather than which name fits our comfort level.
well it was not so much arguaing for any partical one i was just expecting a few short words for each that was eliminated. X was eliminated becasue it might conflict with Y. also again in termes of risk i would have assumed there was so metric by whic they were operating and they would continue donw that list until that metric was satisfied but not evaulate any options lower on the ranking unless the previous ones failed to meet the "safe" treshold. so i just ecpecting too see some kind of indication of what disqulifed the items that had more votes.
On 2021-07-08 11:08:19 +0100 (+0100), Sean Mooney wrote: [...]
well it was not so much arguaing for any partical one i was just expecting a few short words for each that was eliminated. X was eliminated becasue it might conflict with Y. [...] so i just ecpecting too see some kind of indication of what disqulifed the items that had more votes.
I'm no lawyer, but I understand there's a hesitancy to unnecessarily make public disclosures with that level of detail. If someone comes along and wants to sue over uses of OpenStack Yoga, they might point to one of the reasons we discounted Yak and claim we should have known not to use Yoga on similar grounds (this is merely an example, I personally have no idea why any of the eliminated options were considered risky). Much of the practice of intellectual property law, rather unfortunately, relies on "plausible deniability" in an attempt to limit liability. The way they probably see it is that the more detail they provide, the greater our overall risk becomes. -- Jeremy Stanley
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Amy Marrich
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Ghanshyam Mann
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Jeremy Stanley
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Sean Mooney