Re: When "GNOME" doesn't really mean GNOME

[Sriram Ramkrishna <sri ramkrishna me>]

Hi Bastien,

Thanks for bringing this to our attention.

On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 8:21 AM, Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> The Korora Project, a distribution based on Fedora, offers a GNOME
> variant for download:
> https://kororaproject.org/discover/gnome

I would say they should change the writing to "based on the GNOME
platform" or something to that effect.  But I agree, we have a visual
identity.  They are welcome to modify it but they should not call it
GNOME.  GNOME-compatible, 'based on the GNOME Platform', are good
choices I think.

sri

> But the GNOME there doesn't look anything like GNOME:
> - always visible dock
> - different shell theme
> - different icon theme
> - additional Places menu
>
> I can understand customisation, but this doesn't really resemble GNOME
> at all anymore. Do we have a way to discourage this portrayal of
> GNOME?
>
> Understand that I'm not talking about a user saying "this is a
> screenshot of GNOME" and not mentioning that it's heavily modified.
>
> Cheers
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