[OpenStack Foundation] [all] IRC Channel Renames

Amy Marrich amy at demarco.com
Tue Dec 15 20:54:45 UTC 2020


Ohh what about opninfra?:)

On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 1:46 PM Jeremy Stanley <fungi at yuggoth.org> wrote:

> On 2020-12-15 11:21:55 -0800 (-0800), Wes Wilson wrote:
> > One logistical item to point out. We have been advised to minimize
> > our use of “OIF” to reduce confusion with another organization
> > that has a trademark on “OIF”.
>
> Presumably that's this organization:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_Internetworking_Forum
>
> > While we won’t be able to prevent everyone from using the acronym
> > to reference the foundation, much like OSF was used, we have been
> > advised to not use it in “attention getting” places.
> [...]
>
> Right, so #oif and #oif-* channels seem to be out of the question.
> I'm temporarily squatting #infra if folks think that could make a
> good (short, not trademarkable) namespace for the foundation
> channels.
> --
> Jeremy Stanley
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