We probably need to create a separate license for any trademarks we register. "You may use this trademark without fee if you..."
-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Petter Urkedal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On 2006-11-24, Hamie wrote: > > 3. Somewhere between... Where does closed firmware come into it? If the HDL > > is > > available, and the driver is available, what if most of the value add are > > in > > closed source firmware? Should a vendor be able to take open source > > hardware, > > add closed source firmware & use open source software for the driver? > > Before I address the real question, we must make sure there is a minimum > quality of the provided HDL. The GPL requires that the provided sources > are the preferred form for editing (rather than generated code), which > guarantees they are no less obscure than when the authors can cope with. > This given, if HDL is available, then the hardware is at least useful to > the FOSS community, even if it might take significant work to make it > useful to end users. I think the question is essentially the same as > the case when most of the value add is in the drivers. > > I think the issue of closed firmware value add boils down to how the > product is marketed. We might require that when the OHF mark is used, > then the company must distinguish the features provided by the hardware > from those added by any proprietary firmware and drivers. That is, when > OHF mark is used in marketing, the marketing must be fair with respect > to the OHF mark. Otherwise would be misleading advertising. Once the > FOSS community has created a firmware/software stack, the implied > features can be advertised along with the OHF mark. In practise this > could be done by requiring that a statement is placed next to the logo > with information where to find the alternative feature-set. > > > 4. Should the OHF define multiple levels of open? Or just one? > > Sounds like a good idea. The marks should look similar to establish OHF > brand recognition, but with clearly distinct features indicating the > level of openness. > _______________________________________________ > Open-graphics mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics > List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com) _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
