Hi; Am Thu, 15 Aug 2013 12:24:21 +0200 schrieb Alberto Ruiz <ar...@gnome.org>: > 2013/8/15 Christian Persch <c...@gnome.org>: > > Also, I'd like to question when and how it was decided to give this > > github mirror 'official' status? > > The fact that the hook is installed in the repos makes it official. It > was my call, not GitHub's. So blame me. > > > I see from the board meeting minutes > > of 9.7.2013 that the foundation is sending a trademark complaint > > letter to an academic institution because they're (completely > > legitimately IMO) abbreviating "General NOAA Operational Modeling > > Environment" with "GNOME"; but OTOH we're allowing a proprietary > > web service to use the trademark as the "GNOME Official Github > > Mirror" ‽ > > Github is not using the trademark, I am.
That's a distinction without difference. The point remains that the GNOME trademark is used to promote a proprietary web service. Coupled with the word "Official" this even constitutes a strong endorsement. I've received word that the board will consider this question, so let's leave it at that until then. Regards, Christian _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list