[Followups set to trademark-policy-dev at opensolaris.org -John]
MC wrote: > I think this is a great reply. Things can move quickly now that everyone > can start working from this new starting point. I agree - and have updated the Trademark and Branding wiki page to reflect my understanding of both Bill's and your comments. http://www.genunix.org/wiki/index.php/Trademark_usage_and_Branding_guideline Feedback, updates and comments welcome here or directly on the wiki pages themselves. > 2) Branding other distros built using the OpenSolaris distro constructor > as compatible and "built with"[1] certification brands > 3) Branding other distros that use the OpenSolaris Codebase as "compatible" As you suggest, I'm not sure if there is a difference here, or if it matters. The "built with some distro constructor", "built with some binary set of packages", and other similar metrics all start to sound like mechanisms to get to a goal, rather than the goal itself. That is, if the goal is an ecosystem of compatible distros linked together thru a shared set of application repositories, does it really matter what specific mechanism a given distro actually uses, as long as the result (interoperability and compatibility) is maintained? IMO, the branding needs to capture the successful attainment of the goal while being agnostic about the details of how the goal was reached - after all, the mechanism will evolve over time as it gets improved, won't it? -John
