On Monday, July 8th, 2024 at 2:47 AM, Shawn W Dunn <sfalken@cloverleaf-linux.org> wrote:
Pursuant to Richard and Robert's talk at oSC 2024:
https://media.ccc.de/v/4411-we-re-all-grown-up-opensuse-is-not-suse
This is a topic that needs to be discussed as a community, especially as it's currently a request from SUSE.
I do want to be clear, this message is me posting as "Community Member SFalken" not "openSUSE Board Member SFalken"
Myself, I'm in favour of "rebranding" the community project, and making it clear that openSUSE != SUSE. Far too much of the time in our support channels is spent clearing up these misconceptions, where new users (and even some experienced users), are saying things like "SUSE Should do $x" or "Why doesn't SUSE do $x?".
I'm less certain that I agree with Richards proposal of the individual projects sort of "go their own way", at least as he's laid it out, but again, this is absolutely a topic that deserves consideration.
Thoughts?
I fully support the rebranding initiative. This change would not only serve as a clear differentiator between SUSE and the community project but would also establish that openSUSE is no longer legally a SUSE product. This step would provide our project with an opportunity to implement significant changes, such as overhauling our leadership structure to play a more active role in the community's life. I also like the idea of multiple projects under the same umbrella, similar to the Fedora model (workstation, server, atomic, etc.). I see no issue with this approach. Additionally, I would like to explore the topic of the foundation further. I understand there is a thread started on this, but if we move forward with the rebranding, I believe some aspects of the foundation need to be clarified. All and all it is definitely not going to be easy to make this move, but happy to help wherever I can. -- Br, A.