On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Shawn Walker wrote:
On 21/06/07, Alvaro Lopez Ortega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Shawn Walker wrote, On 21/06/07 14:32:
> On 21/06/07, Ian Murdock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> compatible doesn't cut it. I'm very surprised this argument
>> doesn't resonate better around here. Do we really want that for Solaris?
>
> Your argument is irrelevant. The point is that the use of a trademark
> under the control of Sun makes this a Sun project, not a community
> project.
I don't quite follow that.. so, from your perspective it is fine if
the OpenSolaris community has a bunch of source code named after the
name of 'OpenSolaris', but it is wrong if *the same community* has a
binary distribution with the same name. Is that it?
Because the rules are that the community does not have the right to
use the name in that way. Only Sun does. That is the point.
I can't still see how you got Sun involved on that. We are talking
about the OpenSolaris community distribution.. and even if Sun will
likely found the effort (I hope!), it will remain being a community
distribution.
Because only Sun is allowed to use the trademark in the way that has
been proposed.
I'm wondering if there's a misunderstanding here. The meaning of "binary
distro" that Shawn has in mind might be very different from the meaning Alo
has in mind (I think). Based on his reply to BVK-Chaitanya (correct me if
I'm wrong), the OpenSolaris ISO download Alo has in mind would be a core
only, not really a traditional distro at all (because if it were, then what
does that mean for BeleniX, MarTUX, etc...). Instead it would be a
barebones thing (no desktop, no webstack, etc) intended for others to use
to create derivitives from (e.g. full-fledged distros like BeleniX, etc.)
Shawn -- how would you feel about naming a download ISO OpenSolaris in that
scenario. (And of course assuming some kind of Community/Sun collaborative
terms-of-use process.)
Eric
_______________________________________________
indiana-discuss mailing list
[email protected]
http://opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
