So the rationale behind changing the name is to further adoption... To what, compete against Bitcoin? Darkcoin has lowered itself to Litecoin 2.0. What a shame.
How does furthering adoption of a payment platform is related to Litecoin in any way? Litecoin adds 0 value, they dont have any differentiators, go check their Github.
DASH has an original value proposition and is looking to differentiate itself from the regular altcoin. DASH is no altcoin, it is just a younger original crypto payment platform proposal. You can invest in it or not, but LTC has nothing to do with this.