Assalamo alaykom wa rahmato Allah wa baraketoh,
For more than a month and a half (specifically, on 21 January 2009) Canonical sent an email to the Ubuntu Muslim Edition team requesting to change the project name and the URL of the web site because they are inconsistent with its trademark policy:
“We've tried to define a reasonable trademark policy that allows people to customise Ubuntu, and use the marks to promote the project, while at the same preserving the integrity of the marks.”
So, the team took the following steps:
1. brainstorming, finding names which are not already used
2. voting
3. working on updating all text and pictures
And now, the Ubuntu Muslim Edition team is pleased to announce the new name of the distro:
Sabily == "سبيلي" == "my way."
The new slogan will be:
(قل هذه سبيلي أدعو إلى الله على بصيرة أنا ومن اتبعني)
which means "This is my way; I invite unto Allah with sure knowledge, I and whosoever follows me..."
-It is the first part of the verse 108 from Surat Yusuf-
We ask all brothers and sisters to forward this information, and we hope to receive your help in the development of the project (the development of Islamic software and/or graphics design), or by giving new ideas for the distro. Please don't hesitate to contact us via:
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Are you a Muslim? Do you want a free and reliable operating system? Do you want Islamic software pre-installed? All of that and much more with Sabily!
