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". _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
