[indiana-discuss] [osol-discuss] [advocacy-discuss] [trademark-policy-dev] Project Indiana and the OpenSolaris name

[Casper.Dik at Sun.COM]

>I think you're missing the point I'm making.  The Indiana project
>functions as a WOS -- as a distributor.  As such, it can make
>inclusion decisions about other projects that others cannot make (or
>even challenge), and its decisions affect what is included as the
>"reference" for OpenSolaris.

And seemingly without any oversight, architecture review, etc, etc.

>That's a significant community-wide power.  It's a big change, without
>regard to the trademark legal issues.

Indeed.

>Alternatives include simply changing the name to "Sun's OpenSolaris"
>or "Indiana" to make it clear that the wider community isn't intended
>to be subject to this project team's decisions.
>
>None of this says "stop," so I just don't agree with your assertions.

No, it just says "rename".

Casper