Re: the name "fedora"

[Greg DeKoenigsberg <gdk redhat com>]

On Mon, 4 Jul 2005, Thilo Pfennig wrote:

> Am Montag, den 04.07.2005, 07:47 -0400 schrieb Greg DeKoenigsberg:
> 
> > The name Fedora is staying.  It's not really a point of discussion.  Don't 
> > take it personally.  :)
> 
> I think I have misinterpreted something and also was not clear with what
> I was writing: I do not want to change the name now. What i was trying
> to say is that I would find it arrogant if one would say: The name is
> Fedora, english speaking people have no problem with that and if it is
> offensive in other languages (where we do not have any indication right
> now) that would not let us rethink.
> 
> I am very sure if there would be indications that the name would be
> offensive Red Hat would change the name immediately. I guess nobody
> wanted to say that Fedora is only ment for native english speakers.

Fortunately, no one has yet stepped forward in the almost two years of the 
Fedora project to say, "Fedora actually means prostitute in 
Zorbo-Ratstralia!"

--g

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