> Well, because it's true: many of the repositories are named after "Wacom". It's a historical legacy on GNU/Linux. It's also a decade-long debate that these repos should be renamed differently.
If the project being named after Wacom is actively causing other companies to not contribute because they believe it’s a Wacom lead project and they’d be helping a competitor, I don’t understand why this is even a debate vs. just changing the name to something vendor neutral.
otikik•14m ago
Yes. It feels like the article was leading towards a reason for not doing that, but then suddenly it just ends.
burnte•14m ago
And it's been a decade long argument? Sounds like someone is just emotionally attached to something not changing. Those are the hardest problems to solve.
KaiserPro•9m ago
Name changes are controversial. Nothing gets nerds going more than changing a project name so companies work better with OSS.
ndiddy•19m ago
If the project being named after Wacom is actively causing other companies to not contribute because they believe it’s a Wacom lead project and they’d be helping a competitor, I don’t understand why this is even a debate vs. just changing the name to something vendor neutral.
otikik•14m ago
burnte•14m ago
KaiserPro•9m ago
Onavo•6m ago