First I'll say I don't really care what it's called as long as
everyone knows what it means. Nobody seems to be proposing any names,
just shooting down my proposals. Please feel free to propose
something.

On 5/10/07, Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith at sun.com> wrote:
> Brian Gupta wrote:
> >> OpenSolaris consolidation project (integration)
> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> > New name "OpenSolaris Linux integration"
>
> Linux is a kernel.   OpenSolaris cannot integrate the Linux kernel due
> to licensing restrictions, so the name is misleading.   (Linux is also
> a trademark, thus not allowed in OpenSolaris project names anyway.)

I would say that in common usage, Linux is thought to refer to a
complete OS. e.g. - "RedHat Enterprise Linux". Realistically I'd even
go so far as to say most Linux users mostly directly interact with
userspace, and aren't intimately familiar with the kernel.

Why can't we use Linux in a project name, if it is descriptive. I'm
pretty sure it is legal, and it would give meat to the statements
Jonathon and Ian made.

-Brian

P.S. - How about the "Tuxedo" community., or LX-Solaris??

Reply via email to