On Sat, 2003-11-29 at 13:08, Brian. W. Fitzpatrick wrote: > On Sat, 2003-11-29 at 11:55, Jason van Zyl wrote: > > On Sat, 2003-11-29 at 12:31, Sanjiva Weerawarana wrote: > > > "Sander Striker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > > And to clarify: Native American Indian tribe names are inappropiate. > > > > > > Given the name "Apache" .. this is an inconsistent statement. Is this > > > (a new) political correctness thing or some policy? > > > > Bingo. > > > > > I'm obviously not native American, but if I were I'd personally be > > > happy to have a major project like Apache Geronimo be named after him. > > > In fact, it feels rather apropos given the David vs. Goliath scenarios > > > involved! > > > > Geronimo was an Apache was he not? So it definitley seems odd that we > > can name our whole organization after the people of Geronimo but not > > Geronimo himself (yes, I know the name came from "a patchy server, but > > that's not obvious to anyone most of the time). > > You're forgetting the etymology of the name "Apache". It came about > because the original version of httpd was a set of patches to the NCSA > httpd server. Thus came "A patchy webserver", and consequently > "Apache". > > This word is already controversial enough... releasing a product named > "Geronimo" would be the equivalent of pouring jet fuel onto a fire that > we've managed to dampen to a smolder. > > Those of you who know me understand that I'm *anything* but politically > correct... my vote here is based on what I think is best for the ASF, > not necessarily what I think is best for me.
So the ASF has actually received messages from Apache indians that are offended by the use of the name Apache? I wasn't aware of fire quenching being done because of the use of the name Apache. > -Fitz > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- jvz. Jason van Zyl [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tambora.zenplex.org In short, man creates for himself a new religion of a rational and technical order to justify his work and to be justified in it. -- Jacques Ellul, The Technological Society --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
