When the OpenSolaris project started a few years ago Sun, while the legal owner of the OpenSolaris trademark, was trusted to be a good steward to that intellectual property, and was trusted not to do things with it without consultation.
Recently, as we all know, Ian Murdock et. al. betrayed that trust and stabbed the community in the back. This unilateral decision has caused much Sun <-> Community and inter-community hostility. I propose that we as a community implore Sun to hold a vote on the issue, open to all contributors and core contributors. While Sun isn't legally bound to follow the results of the vote, it shall be seen as a hostile attack on the community values should they ignore it again. Note that this is quite aside from how I or anyone else feels with respect to the name. I'm not asking for the name "OpenSolaris" to be attached to the indiana project or the contrary, I'm asking the OGB, whose job it is to stand up for the community to urge Sun to hold a vote, and Sun to hold that vote and act in good faith by following it. Thank you. -John -- PGP Public Key 0x437AF1A1 Available on hkp://pgp.mit.edu _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list indiana-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
