It is very nice to hear some encouraging comments. So here are a few more questions before I get started.
1. Setting up the user group >> I thought it would be nice to start an OpenSolaris team but I do not >> know if this would require some sort of permission or if there is >> someone who takes care of these sorts of things in the OpenSolaris >> community. >> > > You could treat this as an OpenSolaris User Group pretty easily. You could > create a name such as Lending OpenSolaris User Group, Caring OpenSolaris > User Group, OpenSolaris Community Lending Group or something like that. > That would be a legal fair use. And as your UG lends, they`d be lending on > behalf of themselves as members of the OpenSolaris Community. It`s also an > easy way to publicize your group within the OpenSolaris community because we > could give you some space on opensolaris.org and a mailing list and send you > some stuff to give out (which we do for all OSUGs when we have the > resources). Indeed setting up an OSUG and having the benefit of some web space on opensolaris.org sounds good and I can initiate the process. I guess it is ok to be part of more than one OSUG? > And, actually, the more I think of it ... Treating this as an OSUG could be > cool because it would not be a geography-specific group like the rest of the > OSUGs. It would be a global project treated as a UG on our site. That would > be the clear link to opensolaris.org, and then you`d have your own space on > kiva.org as well. Because this OSUG is not geography specific you would have to change the consitution draft you blogged about a few days ago, because it specifically states that OSUG need to be geographically bound :-) Maybe it would be interesting to found VOSUG (if the name is not yet taken) Virtual OSUG which can act as an OSUG for all those that do not have an OSUG in their vicinity. Events could for example be hosted in SecondLife, meetings could be held in chatrooms etc. and it could be used as the OpenSolaris lending group on kiva.org. Or am I taking the idea a little too far? 2. The LOGO > More on trademark issues here: > > http://opensolaris.org/os/about/faq/trademark_faq/ > http://opensolaris.org/os/trademark/ > >> Infomation that is required is team name: OpenSolaris, OpenSolaris.com >> or OpenSolaris.org? I would favor OpenSolaris. >> What logo could I use? I really like the OpenSolaris.com style artwork. >> Lending Team website? opensolaris.com or opensolaris.org? I would >> favor OpenSolaris.com. >> > > I wouldn`t recommend exploring the use of the logo itself because then you`d > run into trademark licensing issues with Sun. Try to stick to fair use > areas. It just makes life simpler. :) I mean, you could, but I`d have to > send you to marketing or somewhere to start that process and I have no clue > what`s involved. Why not just use something else? A screen shot? A > photograph? A person wearing a t-shirt? Etc. The trademark documents that you sent me really encourage usage of the opensolaris banners and badges on the Internet. They were created with the intention of spreading the word about opensolaris. The only thing that in my mind would not quite adhere to the license agreement is that the image would link to lending group page instead of the opensolaris website (a link to an opensolaris webpage will be found on the lending group page) and that we would have to upload the image instead of retrieving it from an OpenSolaris server. The badges found here are just beautiful artwork and would fit the purpose well: http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/advocacy/mktgdownloads/fanbuttons/ But of course if you recommend going with fair use I would check for images on flickr.com, I think you posted a few pictures tagged with opensolaris. Maybe there is a specific one you could recommend? Thank you so far, Alex
