On 03/08/11 20:21, Jeremiah Foster wrote:
What is the purpose of "formeego.org <http://formeego.org>"? To host apps for
MeeGo?
The purpose is not yet defined but a starting point may be to identify services
that are not sanctioned by the MeeGo trademark owner but which are nonetheless
important to "the community".
> And although it is not under the auspices of the LF, it is not a "fork"?
LF != MeeGo Community
not by a long, long way ...
Asking the community, as a whole, to re-assess how it relates to the trademark
owner is not a fork. Nor is it in any sense abandoning MeeGo or the LF. It is
understanding how best to structure an opensource project to deliver 'something'
that is of value to organisations who wish to develop products.
It helps acceptance to have an independent organisation to manage the trademark
and compliance - LF does this.
Equally it helps to have a community that is not hindered by the constraints of
a commercial organisation - running certain tasks under an unbranded non-profit
organisation may make it far less of an attractive target for the legal trolls
and may be an appropriate way to support activities that LF have said they can't
support.
There need be no change in any day-to-day activities - merely a name change for
the community (who really don't care *that* much) and a redirect of
responsibilities for certain tasks that have legal risk.
David
--
"Don't worry, you'll be fine; I saw it work in a cartoon once..."
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