On Dec 10, 2007 9:31 PM, Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith at sun.com> wrote: > Shawn Walker wrote: > > On Dec 5, 2007 10:32 PM, Shawn Walker <swalker at opensolaris.org> wrote: > >> * Is there any constitutional requirement that all content on > >> opensolaris.org be controlled via an OGB-approved entity? (such as a > >> Community Group, Project, Board, or Committee) > > > > I assume then that either no-one knows or that no such constitutional > > requirement exists? > > You can read the Constitution as well as we can, but since you asked, > the closest I can see is:
Yes. However, even when two people read the same document, they may obviously reach entirely different conclusions. > The OpenSolaris Community has the authority and responsibility for > all decisions pertaining to the OpenSolaris software and collaborative > infrastructure within the scope defined by the OpenSolaris Charter. > > So if you define opensolaris.org as "collaborative infrastructure", we > have the authority to make all decisions concerning it, including the > authority to delegate control of portions of it to others. The catch to that then, is the charter, which states: "However, nothing in this charter shall be construed so as to confer to the OGB: (a) any title or right under copyright, patent, trademark, or other intellectual property law; (b) control of or interest in any asset, tangible or intangible, of Sun Microsystems, Inc. or any of its subsidiaries; (c) control of or interest in Sun Microsystems, Inc. or any of its subsidiaries." I'm going to "play devil's advocate" for a moment; so please don't take this as my personal view: * Technically, the server(s) that opensolaris.org, etc. is hosted on are a tangible asset of Sun Microsystems * Any decisions that pertain to one of the above areas are not under OGB control (direct or indirect) > > Example pages might include the trademark usage guidelines page that > > Sun provides here: > > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/about/faq/trademark_faq/ > > Frankly, I think if we were to decide the community got to change the > pages regarding Sun's trademarks on opensolaris.org, they'd just be > moved to sun.com, and perhaps that isn't a bad thing anyway. I'm not so sure. I think legally, we have to have certain content on our website, and according to the charter and law, only Sun can control that content. I'm not wanting to start a flame war here, I'm looking for some confirmation of my interpretation. How much control do we really have as a community? -- Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/ "To err is human -- and to blame it on a computer is even more so." - Robert Orben
