Good news. After finalizing the trademark checks and giving the community time to weigh in, Mitaka will be the name of the M release.
Thanks again for the great discussion around this topic, and for the willingness to be responsive to the concerns of fellow community members. > On Jul 9, 2015, at 2:18 PM, Tim Bell <tim.b...@cern.ch> wrote: > > Feel free to give input on the Mitaka proposal. > > Tim > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jonathan Bryce [mailto:jbr...@jbryce.com] >> Sent: 09 July 2015 20:52 >> To: OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) >> Subject: Re: [openstack-dev] [Openstack] Rescinding the M name decision >> >>> On Jul 9, 2015, at 9:35 AM, Russell Bryant <rbry...@redhat.com> wrote: >>> >>> On 07/09/2015 09:19 AM, Neil Jerram wrote: >>>> In the hope of forestalling an unnecessary sub-thread... >>>> >>>> Mita was #1 in the vote, so has presumably already been ruled out by >>>> OpenStack's legal review. >>> >>> That is correct. >> >> >> Hi everyone, >> >> I’ve really loved seeing everyone’s understanding and engagement on this >> thread as we worked through the release cycle naming for ‘M’. This was the >> first attempt to follow a new process, so not surprisingly, we found some >> improvements in the algorithm for the future. Still it’s awesome to see how >> constructive and positive the whole conversation has been. >> >> I wanted to provide a quick update on the status of the Foundation’s >> reviews of the names. First, as Russell mentioned above, after the voting >> was completed, we asked our trademark counsel to do checks on the top 3 >> names. The first two both had significant trademark issues with existing >> trademark holders in the same space that would have prevented us from >> using the names in most jurisdictions where we have our largest >> communities (US, Europe and Asia). The 3rd choice was relatively low risk >> and so we passed word back to Monty who announced it. Once we realized >> there were other issues with Meiji, we asked for an expedited check of the >> next 3 names: Mitaka, Musashi, and Meguro. The preliminary check shows >> that Mitaka and Meguro both present an acceptable level of risk, while >> Musashi is higher on the risk scale and would probably create problems for >> usage. >> >> At this time, we’re going to do a deeper check on Mitaka, which was the #4 >> candidate in voting and would be next in line after Meiji. I know Itoh-san >> mentioned the Mitaka locale has the potential to be associated with certain >> corporations in Japan, but my personal feeling is that may not be significant >> enough to override it’s position in the voting and it’s availability for use. >> >> I’d encourage anyone with other concerns about Mitaka to post those >> within the next 24 hours so we can appropriately consider and discuss >> them. We should have results on the deeper trademark check by next week >> as well and can hopefully settle on a final name. >> >> Thanks again for all the discussion and participation and especially to >> Monty who’s been on the front lines of helping us navigate this. Feel free to >> let me know if you have any other questions, >> >> Jonathan >> 210-317-2438 >> >> >> __________________________________________________________ >> ________________ >> OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) >> Unsubscribe: OpenStack-dev- >> requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe >> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > __________________________________________________________________________ > OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) > Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev _______________________________________________ OpenStack-operators mailing list OpenStack-operators@lists.openstack.org http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-operators
