On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 03:51:47PM -0500, Shawn Walker wrote: > Technically, doesn't Sun own the OpenSolaris trademark and thus can > name Project Indiana "OpenSolaris" if they want...*ahem*...?
Maybe. The OGB doesn't own the trademark, but owning the trademark isn't really sufficient to declare that the OpenSolaris Community has endorsed XYZ as its binary distribution. At best it would conflict with the Charter, but since there's no one in a good position to sue and they hold the trademark they'd need, they'd likely get away with it albeit at the price of OpenSolaris's credibility as a self-governing community. However...it's premature to speculate, and I haven't yet seen an indication from Sun that this is their intent...personally, I think the occasional misrepresentation is the result of an innocent misunderstanding and some poor communication within Sun. Some of us have mentioned this to people within Sun in a position to correct it, and I'm fairly confident we'll find a mutually satisfactory solution. -- Keith M Wesolowski "Sir, we're surrounded!" FishWorks "Excellent; we can attack in any direction!"
