Justin Fitzgibbon wrote:
Not to pick on you Justin, but I'm going to take your message as an opportunity to make a little soap box comment:Just to give an idea of the costs involved assuming any legal time is donated.
In Australia for example the costs are A$ 120 to apply and A$ 300 once the application is granted. http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/trademarks/fees_index.shtml
In the countries suggested I imagine the total cost would run to several thousand in fees and some registrations would require renewal occasionally.
Sun would need to cover these costs assuming they were interested ?
The first step might be a vote of registered users to indicate to Sun the level of support for the change.
Why do we automatically think of Sun when it comes to monetary issues with this project? If Sun dies, does the light go out on this project? We have somewhere close to 40 million users. It's past time for them to contribute something back. Every day, they use an office suite most people pay $140-$453 USD for - http://www.npdtechworld.com/techServlet?nextpage=pr_body_it.html&content_id=2087. There is absolutely no reason we should have to depend on a few corporate sponsors when so many users are extracting such tremendous value from our efforts (we've produced at least $5.5 billion dollars of market value). I think it's time to focus attention on getting in touch with our users and motivating them to contribute to a project that is helping them accomplish their every day information needs.
Best regards,
Anthony
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