[Compcomm] The Next Step

[Jeffrey Laramie]

On Tuesday 17 April 2007 19:31, Mike Dransfield wrote:
> Jeffrey Laramie wrote:
> > On Tuesday 17 April 2007 18:35, RYX wrote:
> >> Am Dienstag, den 17.04.2007, 16:35 -0400 schrieb Will Farrington:
> >>> The entire thing will utilize the Compiz core and will need that core
> >>> to be of any worth.
> >>>
> >>> No one will be Emerald unless they're using Compiz.
> >>>
> >>> etc, etc
> >>>
> >>> There are a plethora of reasons why naming the forums the Compiz Forums
> >>> IS THE RIGHT IDEA. Listing them all would be a waste of time.
> >>
> >> I don't want to join the name discussion again, but I really support the
> >> idea of keeping the name "compiz community" (or "coco" as short form and
> >> prefix for the packages) - if you think of it, the old name of the
> >> compiz-forums (before beryl) was not compiz-quinnstorm.org ... it was
> >> compiz.org. Nobody had a problem with it back then, so why bother today?
> >
> > I know this isn't the way you wanted it, but the decision was made weeks
> > ago that we would use a new neutral community/domain name. Having the
> > same discussions again and again isn't helping us move forward.
>
> Since its just a change of domain name, can we discuss who will
> own this domain?
>
> I am not happy about anyone except David being in control of the
> 'official' domain for obvious reasons.

This is a good question. I personally don't have a problem with David owning 
the name, or anyone else that is an active leader for that matter. Other 
communities have created a legal structure that owns the community assets, 
such as the Apache Software Foundation. That might be the better answer in 
the long term.

>
> It still really does not explain why we have to change domains,
> forum name and possibly logo for.  It seems like a lot of extra effort
> and expense for not a lot of gain.

The gain is a larger community of active developers who feel that their 
contributions are appreciated.

Jeff