Re: [Paparazzi-devel] Project name

[Gautier Hattenberger]

Hi,

About the naming of the project (PaparaDzIY and then Paparazzi, probably 
for simplicity), I will let Antoine Drouin answer himself if he wants 
to, since he's one of the father of the project.
I recall hearing this kind of discussion for as long as the project 
exists. In a way, it clearly foreseen one of the biggest "issue" with 
personal micro-uav flights.
I don't mind having discussion about the name, but it is not necessarily 
a good idea to change it since after 10 years people actually know it.
By the way, the "official" short name used in the code is usually PPRZ. 
Also, I personally prefer names with a "story" rather than acronyms just 
to give a meaning to something that don't need it. And avoid yet an 
other "OpenSomething"...

Gautier Hattenberger
Enac UAV Lab

Le 26/07/2015 11:11, Andreas Philipp a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> I am wondering about the projects name "paparazzi" which might be 
> funny but is hard to explain in scientific talks, to public 
> authorities or to people who are sceptic about "drones" anyway.
>
> Does anybody know the meaning of the original name of the project 
> "PaparaDzIY" (http://www.nongnu.org/paparazzi/gallery_v0.html) and how 
> and why it changed? I searched in the wiki for any hint on the meaning 
> of the original name but didn't find any further explanation (might be 
> added to the FAQ page then).
>
> It might be possible to use an official abbreviation consisting of 
> some letters as an alternative to "paparazzi" (e.g. PPZ or PDIY from 
> the original name) if the single letters would have a (preferably 
> technical) meaning which can be explained (like Partially Piloted 
> Zigzag flying vehicle, just joking). Such an (more serious) acronym 
> would help a lot ... would this be reasonable for the project 
> maintainers?
>
> Thanks!
> Andreas
>
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