Shawn Walker wrote:
> On 02/11/2007, Brandorr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> In my opinion I would say that anything less than complete removal of
>> all OpenSolaris branding on Indiana by the end of today, can be
>> considered a failure, as each extra day that it is there on the
>> website only exacerbates the perception, that discussion is pointless,
>> and the outcome is inevitable.
>>
>
> Please define exactly what you mean by branding. Do you mean any usage
> of the trademark whatsoever? (I would think not).
>
> Do you mean it can't be part of the distribution name?
>
> What specifically do you mean?
>
> If you literally mean remove all branding, you're being unfair as
> other distributions already use the branding in many different ways.
>
+1.
Lets not forget here, Sun *does* own the OpenSolaris mark. I dislike
Sun's usurpation of what was at least a *perceived* community property
as much as anyone else. But its not fair not to let them have at least
equal participation.
Now, to Ian, Sara, and the other Project Indiana folks: I suspect I'm
not alone in the belief that the community really can benefit from
having an OpenSolaris reference distro, and that Indiana may even be
likely to be the best candidate for such a moniker. But I also believe
that some token effort to at least ask for community buy-in is also
warranted, if you really want the community to believe that the Indiana
Project leadership is participating in the community, and not just
trying to act as a dictator (benevolent or otherwise).
The fact that the mark is perceived as a community property means that
the rules for its use need to be very different from those for other
marks owned by Sun. Otherwise, please just come out and tell us that
you have no such plans to hand over any kind of control, so that the
community can go off and try to figure out another way to identify
itself that is not totally subject to usurpation at some marketing
manager's whim.
-- Garrett
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