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Maomao Is Renamed To "Mango"

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Why?
- at just a glance I have some theories:
  the project was named after the creator. Maybe they wanted it to seem more community organized
  Food reference. Foss developers often name stuff after food, Idk why. Maybe cuz they like mangos (I do too).
  Dodges copyright or trademark issues. Certain things, like town names (wayland is a town in the US) are essentially uncopyrightable/trademarkable, so by naming your project after those you eliminate a whole host of potential legal issues.
  These are just theories though. No reason is actually given, at least not that I could find based on 30s of searching.
  
  Interesting 🤔 Thanks!
- There is a very popular Anime with an MC named Maomao. My guess would be that the name change is to avoid cross traffic from people looking up info on the anime.
  
  That's a good reason! Thanks
  
  Great idea to change original name to very overused name
  
  Fruit names are acutally super common in FOSS - Ubuntu (and all those flavors), Apple, Raspberry Pi, Banana Pi, Orange Pi, Plum GSM, etc - probably because they're memorable, culturally neutral and avoid trademark issues.
- No idea really. But I think it a better name.
  
  Agreed
  
  To avoid ambiguity with unrelated online content, the project has been renamed
  source
  
  Thanks 🙏🏼
- To avoid appearing Chinese

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