Re: [Bug-gnupedia] The name `Alexandria' is too overloaded

[Bryce Harrington]

On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, [iso-8859-1] Tom Chance wrote:

> As much as talk of names bores me personally, I do
> agree with you. We need a name that conveys the idea
> of our project, without engendering a horde of people
> telling us "that name is already in use!".
> 
> *) No names based on classics or novels etc (cliched
> and too likely to have been used)
> *) Should convery the ideas of Open/Free/GNU/cultural
> resource.

> Though for this to grow from a
> computing project, I think the title needs to reflect
> the project more than its background, which is what
> made Alexandria quite good. So suggestions? It'd be
> good to sort this out quickly.

GNU Library [of Knowledge | of Liberty]
GNU [Free | World | Distributed] Library
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Perhaps someone knowledgeable in greek/latin/etc. could construct a word
that means something along the line of "free knowledge resource"?

Bryce