Shawn Walker wrote: > The important thing to remember here is that no official decision has > been made. Instead of a bunch of people running around grumpy, let's > take this opportunity to ensure that we participate in the branding > and trademark discussion taking place on trademark-policy-dev.
Please explain why there is any point in participating in a process where the decisions are made without the mandate of the voting members of the opensolaris community. > Before we have something truly official, the advocacy community (and > possibly others) need to propose something to the OGB and then a vote > needs to happen. Agreed. > Remember that Sun can use the trademark in whatever way they choose > but they don't control the communities here. Instead of acting as if > Sun has made any decisions for you, use the abilities given to you by > the constitution you voted for. > > 1) Get involved in the discussion, be a part of the process > > 2) Get the relevant communities to form a proper proposal that > reflects the results of that process > > 3) Get the core contributors votes for it > > 4) Propose it to the OGB > > 5) Have a community vote > > Really, I don't see the problem here. If a ballot is announced, I won't see a problem either. -- Alan Burlison -- _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org