On 31-Oct-07, at 11:48 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: > >> On 11/1/07, John Sonnenschein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Since Murdock and the rest of Sun's marketing department decided to >>> stab the community in the back by defining by executive fiat what >>> exactly "OpenSolaris" meant, perhaps it's time to rename what the >>> old >>> bits used to be. >>> >>> Anyone on OGB or other committees, what's the likelihood we can >>> reclaim ON et al. with a new name to allow people like Nexenta to >>> continue to be part of the community. >>> >>> Sun can call their distro OpenSolaris if they like, but perhaps the >>> solution to keep them happy and not anger and split the community is >>> to ignore "OpenSolaris" as being the Sun Microsystems product it is, >>> and call $foo the community and the code >> >> It will be tricky. OpenSolaris.org isn't a legal entity that can >> register trademarks, we would need some organization to register them >> for us. (Probably a new $foo foundation). Since we'd have to spend >> money to incorporate, and file trademarks, we would have to shell out >> a few thousand dollars, which would probably have to come directly >> from personal donations. (I figure 40 x $100 would be enough to get >> it >> going.) >> >> That said I am tentatively in favor of starting a $foo foundation, >> and >> registering $foo.org, and filing for $foo trademarks. >> >> I propose that we send a proposal to the OGB to establish an >> independent foundation. >> >> -Brian > > I don't think you guys have the first foggy clue what it takes to > create a > corporation, a shareholders agreement, a board of directors, register > trademarks and then pay for all the infrastructure out of your own > pocket > while building a future. As someone that has done all of that, over > and > over, I think you are grossly mistaken on a number of points as well > as a > budget. > > Really .. I don't know where either of you are going or if anyone > will > follow but neither of you seem to have a clue. >
Perhaps not, but I asked for opinions about the feasibility of this. Sun hasn't been a responsible steward, as evidenced by the strongarm tactics with respect to naming and it's done more to split the community than grow it. Ergo, I asked if it would be possible for the OGB to do it's job, take ownership of the codebase and create a new trademark that isn't Sun intellectual property that we can refer to when we speak of OpenS*aris distros. this would allow Sun to get their way and not have to consult the community when they create a distribution and force it to be called OpenSolaris, and have the community get it's way and not be held by the whims of Sun's marketing department. "OpenSolaris: a $foo distro", or "Nexenta $foo", for example _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
