P.S. - +1 if we get Sun's approval to make Trademark decisions. On 10/19/07, Brandorr <brandorr at opensolaris.org> wrote: > One question. Has Sun delegated authority to the community for > Trademark policy decisions? If not can we have a "Sun rep" we get > that? > > John P. have you cleared this project with the powers that be? (I > don't exactly know, who can sign off on these things.) > > Thanks, > Brian > > On 10/19/07, Jim Grisanzio <Jim.Grisanzio at sun.com> wrote: > > > > John Plocher wrote: > > Jim Grisanzio wrote: > > > > > > Is this the actual proposal or a proposal for a proposal? > > > > Given that I am the new guy on the block in the Advocacy Community, I'll > > defer to your guidance here. It seems to have support (several +1's, > > no -1 - yet), and I am serious about wanting to get this topic nailed > > down, but I don't want to ram anything (more) down your throats :-) > > > > > > > > You proposed it on advocacy-discuss and you got a bunch of +1s from > > Advocacy people so you are good to go in that respect. > > > > > > For this to be an effective project, it needs to be endorsed by a bunch > > of Communities, and populated by a representative set of contributers > > from them. I'd consider this proposal to be incomplete until that aspect > > has been addressed. > > > > > > Ok, well, do you want to wait to get those endorsements before you open or > > open now and get them over time? As Advocacy Facilitator I can move now > > based on the support you have and the updated proposal below. Your call. > > > > > > -John > > > > Here is my updated draft proposal: > > > > Short Name > > Trademark and Branding > > > > > > > > Do you want a list? If so, what name? > > > > > > Sponsoring Communities > > Advocacy ? > > > > > > > > Advocacy is sponsoring. > > > > > > OGB ? > > ON/Nevada ? > > Desktop ? > > Appliances ? > > ... ? > > > > Initial participants > > John Plocher > > Sara Dornsife > > Teri Molini > > Ian Murdock > > Eric Boutiller > > Al Hopper > > Shawn Walker > > Simon Phipps > > > > > > > > Regarding leaders: please give me their site user names as well. It makes > > it much, much easier to open projects and insert a user name rather than > > having go to into each person's profile on the site and insert it that way. > > As a short cut, I add myself as lead and then just add the other user names > > via the hidden project and then delete myself. > > > > > > Any OGB members interested? > > Any Indiana participants interested? > > Anyone else interested? > > > > Description: > > > > This project is chartered to develop a Trademark usage and Branding > > guideline policy that covers the use of the OpenSolaris Trademark. > > > > Once developed and approved by the project members, the proposed > > policy will be submitted to the OpenSolaris Community Membership > > for a formal vote. > > > > If the policy is approved, it will apply to all use of the > > OpenSolaris trademark, both within and outside of the OpenSolaris > > Community, specifically including Sun Microsystems. > > > > If it is not approved, this project will, at the sole discretion of > > Sun's delegated trademark and branding owners (Sara, Ian and Teri?), > > either attempt to create a new policy for adoption, or disolve this > > project and leave the OpenSolaris Trademark usage policy definition > > to Sun. > > > > Once and if an initial policy is adopted, this project will continue > > as the policy-maintainer of record, with the expectation that minor > > changes to the policy will be dealt with without requiring Community > > re-ratification, but that major changes (especially ones that take > > away usage rights or grant exclusive rights) will be brought to the > > entire OpenSolaris Community for re-ratification. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > advocacy-discuss mailing list > > advocacy-discuss at opensolaris.org > > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy-discuss > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > indiana-discuss mailing list > > indiana-discuss at opensolaris.org > > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss > > > > > > > -- > - Brian Gupta > > http://opensolaris.org/os/project/nycosug/ >
-- - Brian Gupta http://opensolaris.org/os/project/nycosug/
