On Wed, 13 Feb 2008, John Sonnenschein wrote: > trademark. That was never the problem. The problem is that Sun gave > the impression from the inception of the project that the OpenSolaris > trademark stood for one thing (ie: O/N et al ) , that it wouldn't be > favourably granted to one distro at the expense of others, and that
Very true. From http://www.opensolaris.org/os/about/ # The main difference between the OpenSolaris project and the Solaris # Operating System is that the OpenSolaris project does not provide an # end-user product or complete distribution. Instead it is an open source # code base, build tools necessary for developing with the code, and an # infrastructure for communicating and sharing related information. Note the phrase "[T]he OpenSolaris project does not provide an end-user product or complete distribution". Seems pretty clear to me. Project Indiana's usurption of the OpenSolaris name is something I'm opposed to, and is in direct contradiction to the preceding statement. However, it is, unfortunately, Sun's legal right (as the trademark owner) to do so. -- Rich Teer, SCSA, SCNA, SCSECA, OGB member CEO, My Online Home Inventory URLs: http://www.rite-group.com/rich http://www.linkedin.com/in/richteer http://www.myonlinehomeinventory.com
