On 1-Nov-07, at 8:09 PM, Glynn Foster wrote:

>
>
> Shawn Walker wrote:
>> Actually, it's more than one issue. Folks were repeatedly asked to
>> participate in the trademark and usage guidelines which covers more
>> than just the name of a single distribution. I think the entire
>> proposal needs to be addressed rather than being vindictive about
>> decisions made that aren't agreed with by some.
>
> And those discussions are far from being complete. I think a *lot*  
> of people are
> making assumptions based on a trademark guidelines they haven't yet  
> seen, or
> haven't yet been finalized.
>
> It should also be said, I don't think the trademark guidelines are  
> necessarily
> going to discourage the likes of Nexenta to be a distribution - holy  
> shit, why
> would we want to discourage that? Sun is going to protect it's best  
> interests in
> making sure the trademark is used responsibly - that shouldn't be a  
> surprise.

Which is a completely separate issue from the one involving an  
executive decision to name Indiana the canonical "OpenSolaris".

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