cool. +1 Alexander Gnodtke wrote: > # Project name > > OpenSolaris Lending Project >
If we use OpenSolaris in the name we have to follow the Sun trademark guidelines, so we have to say "OpenSolaris /Community/ Lending ... " > # A short synopsis of the project's purpose. > > Kiva.org is non-profit organization that lets users lend to businesses > in the developing world. Kiva.org allows its users to form communities > (lending groups) around common interests and to do their lending as > part of their lending group. The "OpenSolaris Lending Project" would > be the counterpart within the OpenSolaris community to an OpenSolaris > lending group on Kiva.org. Project members would be lending on behalf > of themselves as members of the OpenSolaris Community. > > # A list of community groups sponsoring the project. > > None > > Advocacy is sponsoring it. :) You only need one and you got it. > # A list of participants (with their OpenSolaris user IDs) on the > initial project team, including a single individual who will serve as > the leader or preferred point of contact. > > algnod (Alexander Gnodtke) I would be the preferred point of contact. > Others on advocacy-discuss have indicated their interest > > # A one paragraph description of the project for an audience of > participants who may not be familiar with the area in which work is > proposed. This should contain a brief description of the problem(s) > the project is expected to solve, and of the manner in which it will > do so. > > In light of possible trademark issues surrounding the OpenSolaris > brand, I decided that it would not be wise to form a lending group > named OpenSolaris Lending Group or similar on a third party website > (kiva.org) without the prior consent of the OpenSolaris community. > This project is the entity responsible for managing all issues around > the OpenSolaris Lending Group on kiva.org. OpenSolaris community > members who are also users of kiva.org may then lend as part of an > OpenSolaris lending group. > The benefit, albeit very small, to OpenSolaris will be visibility on a > very popular site where other lending groups like Google, Microsoft, > Sun Microsystems, GNU/Linux and others already exist. The benefit to > everyone will be, possibly some new kiva.org members and some > additional loans to help others lift themselves from poverty. > > # A listing of related, ongoing, or proposed projects, including > information about any dependencies on or by this project and any > duplication of purpose or overlap with other work. > > None that I am aware of. > > # Any additional information which may be of interest to prospective > project team members and/or consumers of the project's output. > > This project is simply about doing something good by helping others > and being able to do it in a community you care about. > Agree totally. Jim -- http://blogs.sun.com/jimgris/
