[Scummvm-devel] ScummVM name

[Joost Peters]

4) CABAL. <g>


Op 6-dec-04 om 22:30 heeft Jerome Fisher het volgende geschreven:

> I'd personally like to see ScummVM renamed, but I'm new here. I'll 
> just summarise some of the arguments...
>
> Against:
>
> 1) We'd lose the "brand name" recognition that ScummVM enjoys; a lot 
> of promotion would be necessary to change the name in many people's 
> minds.
> 2) A fair bit of work would be involved in changing documentation, 
> code and graphics to reflect the new name.
> 3) The scummvm project on SF.net would need to be renamed.
> 4) New domains would need to be registered.
> 5) Choosing a new name which doesn't suck and doesn't conflict with 
> another product is difficult.
>
> For:
>
> 1) The current name no longer reflects the goals or abilities of the 
> project, which is potentially confusing to users.
> 2) The current name isn't particularly clever or interesting.
> 3) SCUMM is a trademark.
> 4) A name change is exciting and the announcements may attract 
> increased attention, especially from people previously unaware that 
> ScummVM is now about much more than LucasArts games.
>
>
> And some personal suggestions for a new name:
>
> 1) Alluminor (.net/.org/.com are free)
> 2) Limner (.net/.org are free)
> 3) Something involving "Narrator" (thenarrator.org is free)