On Nov 11, 2007 3:56 PM, Ben Rockwood <benr at cuddletech.com> wrote: > Simon Phipps wrote: > > > > On Nov 11, 2007, at 01:40, Ben Rockwood wrote: > > > >> I submit to the Chairman of the OpenSolaris Governing Board a motion to > >> be placed on the agenda of the next scheduled meeting of the OGB, the > >> following: > >> > >> To support, as a solution acceptable to the community, with the desire > >> of finding a mutually agreeable long term solution to the current issues > >> facing the community, the naming proposal set forth by Ben Rockwood in > >> the following Open Letter: > >> http://cuddletech.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=875 > >> > >> > >> I ask for the support of the board in this matter and to, without delay, > >> move this motion toward a formal vote at the soonest possible > >> opportunity. > >> > >> > >> Thank you for your earnest consideration. > >> > >> Ben Rockwood > > > > That's a very interesting suggestion. However, I'd suggest it would be > > better to discuss it on the trademark-policy-dev list than > > unilaterally propose it as a board motion. That the place we've all > > set up for this sort of discussion. > We're talked... and talked.... and talked. The results haven't been > forthcoming. It's time for action before the situation further degrades.
Actually, we stopped talking when the naming "announcement" came out, as everyone involved was a bit distracted. Since Mr Franklin's (Sun's) acknowledgment of the community's concerns on Friday, I think it is time that we got back to that discussion. At this point, we can write 20 different detailed proposals for the OGB, but I think the idea is to get a community proposal going, vs. "Brian Gupta's", "Ian Murdock's" or "Ben Rockwood's". John P. has been doing a good job trying to incorporate desperate viewpoints in his policy document. I am ready to continue this discussion on trademark-policy-dev at opensolaris.org. I hope that we can now move forward towards a coherent naming policy. (Let's try and start where we can find agreement... I think there is some agreement, that there needs to be a policy in place. -Brian -- - Brian Gupta http://opensolaris.org/os/project/nycosug/
