Xref: utzoo news.groups:23551 comp.unix.internals:141 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!math.lsa.umich.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!pdn!tscs!tct!chip From: chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg) Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.unix.internals Subject: Re: c.u.wizards vs. c.u.internals Message-ID: <26E7C052.73E@tct.uucp> Date: 7 Sep 90 15:44:18 GMT References: <18533@rpp386.cactus.org> <1053@lot.ACA.MCC.COM> Followup-To: news.groups Organization: Teltronics/TCT, Sarasota, FL Lines: 35 (In this article, I suggest renaming c.u.internals to c.u.esoterica. Please read the entire article before commenting on it. Followups to news.groups.) During all the discussion of the comp.unix.* reorganization, people spoke up for and against renaming c.u.wizards. But no one ever suggested that the name "c.u.internals" could cause LEGAL difficulty. The idea seems ridiculous to me. But then, who ever said the law couldn't be ridiculous? From what I've read, the word "internals" is specifically mentioned in the AT&T source license. So people who have read the source code are hesitant to post anything to a newsgroup with the word "internals" in the name. Sigh. So I think it's time to rename the group again. As I recall, the best alternative name proposed during the discussion was "c.u.esoterica". At the time, I considered this name to be too vague; but it looks like the best choice right now. Someone (I) could run a vote on the renaming of c.u.internals to c.u.esoterica. But that would take a month for the discussion (again!) and three weeks for the vote (again!). However, since the discussion period has already run for the c.u.* reorganization, and c.u.esoterica resulted from that discussion, perhaps we could skip the discussion phase and go straight to a vote. Furthermore, due to the legal repercussions of the current name, we could just rename c.u.internals to c.u.esoterica immediately. If anyone objects strongly to a bending of the guidelines here, please let yourself be heard. I don't want this group's propagation to be fragmented because of administrator resentment. I'm listening. -- Chip Salzenberg at Teltronics/TCT ,