Hey, Continuing to forward bits that I personally find interesting and relevant to OpenSolaris - if people don't like me doing this, let me know.
>From http://www.ubuntunews.info/mark-shuttleworth-interview-ubuntu-open-week " Daviey: Why is 'ubuntu' a trademark of Canonical and not the Ubuntu foundation? Canonical is the funder of the brand. The Ubuntu Foundation is a trust that exists in the event that Canonical can no longer support Ubuntu. so, when we made a long term support commitment, i figured out how much money we needed in the bank to meet that commitment and setup the Ubuntu foundation and gave them that amount of money. no matter what happens to Canonical, the money is there to meet the support commitment. you can safely deploy Dapper and you will not suddenly find yourself unsupported, but we don't touch that money, it's an insurance balance. so, in that light, it makes more sense to have Canonical manage the brands. it invests in the marketing, and also makes decisions about the ways in which people can use the brand. so far, it's working well. http://www.ubuntu.com/aboutus/trademarkpolicy "
