The announcement by Ian Murdock is here: http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/opensolaris-discuss/2007-October/035322.html
It's reasonable (at least to me) to expect that since only Sun, as the trademark owner, can make such a decision - his announcement has the backing of Sun Microsystems. Are you implying that he doesn't have said backing? cheers, steve Keith M Wesolowski wrote: > I'm proposing that the OGB take the actions described below. > Following any changes suggested during review, I'll be moving for > adoption at next Wednesday's regular board meeting. > > Administrivia: since we don't have a nextcase mechanism, I searched > for existing case numbers and 4 was the lowest I could not find. If > this number is already used elsewhere, please let me know. > > ---DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT--- > > * Note: Until approved by the OGB, these statements do not > * represent the OGB's position or policy. > > OGB/2007/004 Trademark Usage and Distribution Nomenclature > > The OGB notes Sun's and the Indiana Project Team's recent > announcement[0] that a preview release of their distribution is now > available as the 'OpenSolaris Developer Preview'. Unfortunately, this > choice of nomenclature implies that this prototype has been endorsed > by the OpenSolaris Community as the exclusive expression of our values > and intent. Neither the community's Members nor the OGB have given > such an endorsement. > > On behalf of the OpenSolaris Community, the OGB has therefore > determined that this choice of nomenclature is not appropriate at this > time. We share Sun's commitment to adoption and execution of a > flexible policy governing use of the OpenSolaris trademark once > consensus has been achieved on that policy's desired terms. We are > aware and supportive of the ongoing effort to achieve that > consensus[1] and will rely on its results when negotiating the final > agreement with Sun. > > Until that time, we ask that Sun require that references to Indiana > discontinue using the name 'OpenSolaris' or any other implying > exclusive endorsement of the OpenSolaris Community. > > [0] > http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/opensolaris-discuss/2007-October/035322.html > > [1] http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/branding/ > > ---DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT--- > > -- stephen lau | stevel at opensolaris.org | www.whacked.net
