[indiana-discuss] Name of Distro?

[Eric Boutilier]

On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Shawn Walker wrote:
> On 21/06/07, Alvaro Lopez Ortega <alvaro at sun.com> wrote:
>> Shawn Walker wrote, On 21/06/07 14:32:
>> > On 21/06/07, Ian Murdock <Ian.Murdock at sun.com> wrote:
>> >> compatible doesn't cut it. I'm very surprised this argument
>> >> doesn't resonate better around here. Do we really want that for Solaris?
>> >
>> > Your argument is irrelevant. The point is that the use of a trademark
>> > under the control of Sun makes this a Sun project, not a community
>> > project.
>>
>>    I don't quite follow that.. so, from your perspective it is fine if
>>    the OpenSolaris community has a bunch of source code named after the
>>    name of 'OpenSolaris', but it is wrong if *the same community* has a
>>    binary distribution with the same name. Is that it?
>
>
> Because the rules are that the community does not have the right to
> use the name in that way. Only Sun does. That is the point.
>
>>    I can't still see how you got Sun involved on that. We are talking
>>    about the OpenSolaris community distribution.. and even if Sun will
>>    likely found the effort (I hope!), it will remain being a community
>>    distribution.
>
> Because only Sun is allowed to use the trademark in the way that has
> been proposed.

I'm wondering if there's a misunderstanding here. The meaning of "binary
distro" that Shawn has in mind might be very different from the meaning Alo
has in mind (I think). Based on his reply to BVK-Chaitanya (correct me if
I'm wrong), the OpenSolaris ISO download Alo has in mind would be a core
only, not really a traditional distro at all (because if it were, then what
does that mean for BeleniX, MarTUX, etc...). Instead it would be a
barebones thing (no desktop, no webstack, etc) intended for others to use
to create derivitives from (e.g. full-fledged distros like BeleniX, etc.)

Shawn -- how would you feel about naming a download ISO OpenSolaris in that
scenario. (And of course assuming some kind of Community/Sun collaborative
terms-of-use process.)

Eric