[CREATE] [LGF] A name !

[John Haltiwanger]

For some reason when I get a name project in my headspace I can't help but
hack at it.

So my mind was tumbling on it, and I stumbled across the combination of:
Free Design Foundation. I suggest this because it seems to keep the coverage
to the topics I saw covered at LGM (Bigups to all the people I met in the
BXL!). Not only that, it's actually touch more properly inclusive
considering the degree of typographic discussion that was carried out at
LGM. And perhaps inspiring more?

I really liked Allesandro's notion of a name that is not simply descriptive
but inspirational. 'Something with fantasy', if I recall his words
correctly. I hope my suggestion fits this standard. If not, I'll be back
with more :)


= Research =
Domain is owned by some asshats named BuyDomains. They want $2,520.
http://www.buydomains.com/find-premium-domains/search-results.jsp?keywords=freedesign.org&searchBtn.x=0&searchBtn.y=0

An obstacle, yes. But also a potential rallying cry? A slashdot fund drive
away, I'd expect ;)


= On Another Note =
Seeing the Blender Institute's presentation on Saturday night really drove
home how incredibly powerful the backing of a foundation is. I really think
there is a lot of power here. Thanks to all of you who have contributed all
this incredible code over the years, the time has come where the capacities
of the softwares are undeniable. A foundation providing the sort of stimulus
we saw demonstrated could change the landscape of the design community.

However, this project of a foundation really amps my up! Glad I had the luck
to type the notes for the BoF. But unlike (many of) you, I've never had a
code project worth distributing (it's all vaporware :/ ). I may not be such
a great code hacker, but I love free software with all my heart. In other
words, I want to help make this happen.

Cheers,
John Haltiwanger



On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 9:38 PM, Robert Martinez <mail at mray.de> wrote:

>  I can imagine there is a problem with "artists"; there are many that would
> consider themselves more as coders (even if coding is an art, too :P) I
> guess.
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> On 05/30/2010 09:20 PM, Marcos Diaz wrote:
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> Why not something short and concise like "Libre Artists"
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>  In addition libreartists.org (and .net .com .info) are available
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> Marcos Díaz <markos at nathive.org>
> Nathive project developer
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