I agree that it should be renamed. org-roam sounds like its meant to be a replica of roam research, which it is not. This is a little misleading, and opens the project up to cease & desists.
A few suggestions that I think capture the core network-of-notes functionality:
It captures the mechanical aspect: “a series of connections linking two or more” org files.
It also captures the projects motivations: “the central and most important” part of the users knowledge management workflow.
I support changing the name eventually. At the very least the description on github ‘Rudimentary Roam replica’ should probably be changed…(maybe just use the description on https://www.orgroam.com/? ’ A plain-text personal knowledge management system.’) I just don’t want to see @jethro and co’s awesome work get hit with legal issues, but I get that there’s more important things to focus on than this.
A few names I thought up in case there’s another name poll in the future:
org-grok
The package helps you grok things. You can also do bacronyms like Gracefully Roam Org Knowledge.
org-galaxy
Because you become galaxy brained when using the package. Also the org roam graphs look kind of like stars when zoomed out.
org-bliss
One of the main features is bidirectional links. Bidirectional LInk Super System or a similar bacronym (e.g. one of the s’s could be Slipbox instead)
org-rogue
Fits the vibe of package names like evil, swiper. There’s a ‘ro’ in ‘rogue’ so there’s probably a fitting bacronym in there somewhere.
(I guess we might have to check if this guy is ok with it.)
