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Foundations (Was: [ldraw.org] Eve of Beginnings)
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Wed, 14 Apr 1999 05:15:12 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Tim Courtney writes:
> > The LDraw Foundation
> Probably the latter, but I would either go all lowercase or all caps, on a
> font that looks good in all caps, of course. I would want the menu items
> to be in title case though, so it would have to contain lowercase
> characters in it as a criteria.
Nope, keep LDraw capitalized as-is. That's how James named it, that's how
it's copyrighted, that's the trademark, that's how it'll stay. End of story.
IMO, "Foundation" conjures up images of a non-profit institution (a plus)
which dabbles in charitable causes (maybe a plus). Is this imagry intended,
or should a more appropriate name than "The LDraw Foundation" be found?
From Webster's definition of "foundation":
3 a : funds given for the permanent support of an institution : ENDOWMENT b :
an organization or institution established by endowment with provision for
future maintenance
From www.dictionary.com's definition of "foundation":
4. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and
constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
5. That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution
or charity.
If monetary proceeds go towards a reputable charity (cancer research, for
example), I would readily register the next five incarnations of LDraw. I
suspect others would, too.
Just throwing in my .02 yuan.
Cheers,
- jsproat
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Message has 4 Replies:
 | | Re: Foundations (Was: [ldraw.org] Eve of Beginnings)
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| (...) Jeremy beat me to it with the definition. I don't have a strong objection to "Foundation", but to me it has connotations of a funded organization that contributes monies to various causes. Heck, just read the definition. That somehow, to me at (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | Re: Foundations (Was: [ldraw.org] Eve of Beginnings)
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| (...) connotations (...) just (...) And (...) And (...) I agree. If 'Foundation' is going to throw people off and possibly be misleading, than I wouldn't want the site to be called that. (...) Ok, yep, if we use it in the context of a title or (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | Capitalization of LDraw & LEdit
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| (...) Some additional data points, for the record: 1) The LDraw FAQ document and Bram's LDraw & LEdit tutorial, (2 URLs) both say LDraw and LEdit everywhere, except when mentioning executable filenames. 2) The ldraw.doc file that came with the (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | Re: Capitalization of LDraw & LEdit
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| (...) [...] Ok, I do get it. But I did make a mistake in my original post that caused Sproat to jump on it... I meant to say that I would keep the domain name 'ldraw.org' in lower case not change it all to 'ldraw' or refuse to capitalize certain (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [ldraw.org] Eve of Beginnings
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| (...) Also good thoughts. I put the www in zacktron.com cause I felt like it, but I see where you're coming from on this and agree with you here. (...) Probably the latter, but I would either go all lowercase or all caps, on a font that looks good (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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