[OpenStack Foundation] [all] IRC Channel Renames

Julia Kreger juliaashleykreger at gmail.com
Tue Dec 15 23:15:22 UTC 2020


I think #openinfra would be best, as it aligns with the web presence,
openinfra.dev.

At least that is my $0.02.

-Julia

On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 12:57 PM Amy Marrich <amy at demarco.com> wrote:
>
> 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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