On 22.10.2007, at 12:21, Martin Bochnig wrote: > But shouldn't distributors be permitted (if not required!) to use the > brand "OpenSolaris" in (as addition to) their distros names, e.g. > "SchilliX OpenSolaris", "Nextenda OpenSolaris" or "MartUX > OpenSolaris" ?
Is that even feasible? The trademark isn't attached to the code, because trademark and copyright protections have no real common ground (apart from the specious term 'intellectual property'). A demand could certainly be made in the copyright licence, but that would be a quite significant change...
