Steve Harris: I don't agree about taking away the "L". Ladspa is not linux-specific, but it has certainly originated from linux, and has the best support in linux software. If linux dissapears before the ladspa format, we can at least still remember linux through the name of ladspa... Regarding your argumentation about the prononounciation, I think its a bit anglocentric language-vice. In most other countries (scandinavian, german, spanish, belgian, dutch, slavic (I might be wrong about some of these though)), where the "a" is actually pronounced like the round "ah" (and very short in this case), and you don't have to move the mouth that much as in english (and especially in american english), "ladspa" sounds really cool and is not very difficult to say. A good solution to this problem would be if the english speakers started to allways say the more common rounder "ah" instead of "a", not only for ladspa, but for all acronyms. I think the argument about S is valid enough though, but not a good enough argument to change a name we all have learned and love(?). As an alternative, we can change the meaning of s into something else, like Super, Second, Sophisticated, System, Steve, Sourcecode, Syntax, Structure, Success, Superb, Superior. To name a few, well, I'm sure there are better alternatives. I think its too short. Its not cool, and its hard to remember from the pronounciation.