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Re: Foundations (Was: [ldraw.org] Eve of Beginnings)
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Wed, 14 Apr 1999 11:02:52 GMT
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On Wed, 14 Apr 1999 05:15:12 GMT, "Sproaticus" <jsproat@geocities.com> wrote:
> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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?
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> From Webster's definition of "foundation":
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> 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
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> From www.dictionary.com's definition of "foundation":
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> 4. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and
> constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
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> 5. That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution
> or charity.
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> 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.
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> Just throwing in my .02 yuan.
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 least, does not seem to reflect what we are doing. And
even might be a little misleading. An outsider hearing of the "LDraw
Foundation" could well get a wrong impression of what it is. Foundations are
what support programming on PBS. And send deserving students to college. And
underwrite environmental research expedetions to Amazon rainforests.
It just does not ring true.
-- Terry K --
BTW, I agree with Jeremy, that the spelling should be LDraw - for Lego Draw.
At least in graphics and titles and such.
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| (...) On the other hand, "The Foundation" at Cal Poly is the main controlling agency on campus. People tend to say "Foundation" with a very negative tone, mainly due to thier ridiculusly anal procedures and policies; despite the fact that they pay (...) (26 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) 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 (...) (26 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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