Re: [Gaim-cabal] Names

[Mark D. <ma...@ki...>]

On Wed, 9 Aug 2006 18:56:28 -0700, Sean Egan wrote
> I like Pidgin. It's unique, kinda catchy, has an actual, relevant
> meaning (IM speakers butcher language), and---most importantly---a
> purple pigeon (http://www.english-country-garden.com/a/i/birds/wood-
> pigeon-1.jpg) would be a super fitting logo!
> 
> The lawyers have cleared Pidgin; it's ok to use. They've also 
> cleared Cohort.
> 
> I say we settle on Pidgin, start registering domains, setting up
> servers, etc. I can work on a Pidgin-renaming patch.

God yes.  Pidgin's not my first choice, but I'm ok with it.  I like
pidgin-im.com
pidgin-im.net
pidgin-im.org
Who should register those?  Anyone, and then that person would be reimbursed
by the nonprofit?  I can do it if you want.  FYI, I heard a rumor that the
Isle of Man plans to start selling domains like pidgin.im later this year.

Do we still have a lot of money from Google SoC?  Can we move away from
sourceforge?  What about leasing a server somewhere?  Maybe from linode.com? 
How many months could we go at $80 a month?  Luke, don't you work for a
colocation company?  Do you think they'd be willing to provide a free or
discounted rate for an open-source project?  Are requirements aren't huge:
Apache, php, svn, ssh, and a lot of bandwidth (I estimate between 2GB and 10GB
a month).

What's our release strategy?  Announce the non-profit and the name change
within the next month?  Then release 2.0.0 sometime after that, once all the
major bugs are gone?

Once we have a new logo I think we should set up some kind of e-store. 
Possibly at Cafepress or Zazzle.

I have not read through the attachment.  I'll do that tonight and send another
email if I find anything that bugs me.

Yay,
Mark

P.S. Here are the results from the most recent voting.  People who voted:
Evan, Luke, Stu, Ethan, Gary, Nathan, Richard, Rob and me.

Pidgin      71
Spiel       59
Cohort      54
Adagio      48
Kestrel     41
Jumble      39
Tincan      39
Motto       37
Aria        33
Crossthread 19
Seance      10