Name suggestions for Fedora 15

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Rules

This page contains community suggestions for the Fedora 15 release name. All submissions must meet the guidelines for release names.

Goddard → Laughlin → <new name>? Laughlin is a <blank>, and so is <new name>.

The link between Goddard and Laughlin was "both are names of professors of physics." The link between Laughlin and the new name must be different than that link, and different from any other previous link.

General links automatically rejected
General links such as "is a word" or "is a location", while technically within the scope of the rules, will most certainly be rejected by the Fedora Board. Remember, the goal is to come up with a creative link to Goddard. The following links will also likely be rejected:

• Other kinds of scientists
• Names of living people
• Well-known trademarks

Please try to find a truly original and obscure link!

Naming Schedule

PROPOSED:

• Name collection: TBA
• List to Fedora Board: TBA
• Legal Review of Board approved names: TBA
• Community vote on final name: TBA
• Name announced: TBA

Name Suggestions

Please read carefully.
The instructions below will help prevent some suggestions from being eliminated early.

How to use this table

1. Come up with a name idea. Put the name in the first column.
2. Determine whether it passes the "is-a" test. You must be able to truthfully complete the sentence "Laughlin is a <...>, and so is <YOUR_NAME>." The link to the new name cannot be the same as the link from Goddard to Laughlin, nor any other previous link. Mark the link in the appropriate column, such as "type of chemical reaction," "deep-sea organism."
   • Don't choose obvious links, because they usually result in uninteresting names.
   • Don't choose very general names or unclear links.
   • Don't choose names of living people, or well-known trademarks.
   • Do choose obscure links to interesting things, which makes for a better name.
   • Do avoid all previous links wherever possible.
   • Do make sure there are at least a couple of ways to link out of the new name to the next name -- and they must be unique too!
3. Use Google to search for possible trademark collisions. First search for the term itself along with "+software", and then broaden your search to include "+computer", "+hardware", "+technology", "+IT", and so on. Do not skimp on this step.
   • If you find a collision, it is best to find another name. Names that cause collisions will be eliminated by Red Hat's Legal department and thus waste their time, which is a valuable commodity for Fedora. Help us maximize their effectiveness by weeding out names that are trademarks of other entities, especially those in the IT industry.
   • If the collision is outside the IT/computing market, you can still submit the name but you should note the collision in the "Tested" column, and include a link to the site where the collision was found.
   • If you find no collisions, make that notation in the "Tested" column.
4. Do not mark the approval columns. These are reserved for the approval authorities such as the Board and Red Hat Legal.

Suggestion Table

Name	"Is a..."	Tested	Initial Approval	Comments	Themeable	Board Approved	Legal Approved !
Roswell	City in New Mexico (Laughlin is a city in Nevada)				Aliens!
Shockley	William Shockley is a Nobel laureate	Surprisingly, I found no collisions (eugenics? -Tezcatl)			Computer hardware, especially transistors.
Whittle	Frank Whittle invented the jet engine	None that I could see			Jets- wind, steam, air flow
Kannus	Kannus is a city in Finland				Torvalds's country
Wynn	Wynn is a casino entrepreneur as is Don Laughlin.				Card suits, roulette wheels, slots, neon lights, etc. Wynn also sounds like "win." The Wynn casino itself is very technically advanced. Its the only Casino at this time that has RFID tags in every single game chip.

Various connections that could be explored. "Laughlin is a ..."

• ...

Approval Mark Legend

Approval Mark	Meaning
	Approved
	Rejected
	Under review

Rejected Suggestions

Name	"Is a..."	Tested	Initial Approval	Comment	Themeable	Board Approved	Legal Approved