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==[[Chris Webber]] and [[Will Kahn-Greene]] on "Why GNU MediaGoblin":==

Chris came up with the name MediaGoblin. The name is pretty fun.
It merges the idea that this is a Media hosting project with
Goblin which sort of sounds like gobbling. Here's a piece of
software that gobbles up your media for all to see.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goblin According to Wikipedia], a
goblin is:

:''"A legendary evil or mischievous illiterate creature, described
:as grotesquely evil or evil-like phantom"''

So are we evil? No. Are we mischievous or illiterate? Not
really. So what kind of goblin are we thinking about? We're
thinking about these goblins:
{|
|[[File:goblin.png | thumb |upright| alt=Cute goblin with a beret|Cute goblin with a beret. Illustrated by Chris Webber]]
|[[File:snugglygoblin.png | thumb |upright| alt=Snuggly goblin with a beret.|Snuggly goblin. Illustrated by Karen Rustad]]
|} .
Those are pretty cute goblins. Those are the kinds of goblins
we're thinking about.

==Why GNU?==
Chris started doing work on the project after thinking about it
for a year. Then, after talking with Matt and Rob, it became an
official [[GNU]] project. Thus we now call it GNU MediaGoblin.

==Request==
That's a lot of letters, though, so in the interest of brevity and
facilitating easier casual conversation and balancing that with
what's important to us, we have the following rules:

#"GNU MediaGoblin" is the name we're going to use in all official capacities: web site, documentation, press releases.
#In casual conversation, it's ok to use more casual names.
#If you're writing about the project, we ask that you call it GNU MediaGoblin.
#If you don't like the name, we kindly ask you to take a deep breath, think a happy thought about cute little goblins playing on a playground and taking cute pictures of themselves, and let it go (Will added this one.)

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