On 03/11/2007, David C. Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [This mail represents my opinion, not my employer's of course] > > I have read through all of the email copied to opensolaris-discuss. I > applaud the work to get the first Indiana milestone released. I understand > that many in the community feels like their rights were usurped through the > use of the name OpenSolaris for this reference distro. > > In the spirit of forward progress, I propose the following: > > > Keep "OpenSolaris" as the name of the community and the open-source > > technology > > Name the reference distro something else. > > Max and I were IM-ing this morning and came up with a suggested name for the > reference distro: > > LibraSolaris > > Reasons: > > > It sounds like a geeky misspelling of "Libre" which is latin for "free" (as > > in speech, not beer) > > Libra is a constellation which is a collection of stars, not just a single > > "sun". > > The mascot could be the constellation, which are the scales, which suggest > > justice > > it kind of trips off the tongue to this English speaker (I can imagine the > > chants rising up at the next developer summit…) > > Counter arguments – got a million of course – > > > It's confusing to have a different name than "OpenSolaris" > > Oh, I can think of more, but why not love the idea a little > > You can +1 if you think it's a good idea, if not I won't be hurt.
The main problem with using such a mark is that it contains another trademark "Solaris". I'm not sure it's in Sun or the community's best interests to have a whole family of trademarks that cause confusion in the marketplace. It's great to hear some alternatives though! -- Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/ "We don't have enough parallel universes to allow all uses of all junction types--in the absence of quantum computing the combinatorics are not in our favor..." --Larry Wall _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
