Marc Hamilton wrote: > Secondly, I am keenly aware that there is a tremendous amount of > community discussion at this time around both naming of OpenSolaris > distributions and acceptable use of the OpenSolaris trademark. I > believe good progress is being made on the trademark usage and look > forward to having the community and Sun come to mutual agreement. I > also believe once the OpenSolaris trademark policy is defined, > community members will have much fewer concerns around the > "OpenSolaris Developer Preview" name. I appreciate all the work of the > OGB and other community members in this process. > Sun's choosing to name the distribution "OpenSolaris Developer Preview" without having even initiated a community vote, or consulting with the OGB, or waiting for the trademark policy to be finalised shows poor faith in the OGB and in the OpenSolaris Community at large.
You are asking for forgiveness rather than having asked for permission first. cheers, steve -- stephen lau | stevel at opensolaris.org | www.whacked.net
