[indiana-discuss] What is the name ?

Brandorr brandorr at opensolaris.org
Fri Nov 9 11:26:06 PST 2007


trademarks at opensolaris.org is the email address to request a license.
(And/or get permission)

On Nov 9, 2007 1:21 PM, Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith at sun.com> wrote:
> [As usual, I am speaking for myself, not for Sun nor the OGB.]
>
> Dennis Clarke wrote:
> > Gentlemen and Community Friends :
> >
> >   I have to ask about a name string to use because I am running this
> >   OpenSolaris based distro now as I type this. I have a simple CDROM
> >   label that I created and I really don't feel like stroking out the
> >   "OpenSolaris" logo or the words "Developer Preview" :
> >
> >     http://www.blastwave.org/images/OpenSolaris_Preview_CDROM.jpg
>
> You are responsible for ensuring your usage of the OpenSolaris name
> and logo are consistent with the Trademark usage policy put forth
> by Sun, the trademark owner, as reflected on the web pages at:
>         http://www.opensolaris.org/os/trademark/
>         http://www.opensolaris.org/os/about/faq/trademark_faq/
> unless you have been specifically granted permission by the trademark
> holder for another usage.    (Whether the use of the trademarks in the
> Indiana release implicitly grants some permissions is an excellent
> question that I cannot answer.)
>
> The OpenSolaris community is not in a position to *order* you to do
> anything - but Sun may ask you to stop misusing the trademark if they
> object to your usage.   I don't know if the branding people will have
> any objections to this use or not.
>
> --
>         -Alan Coopersmith-           alan.coopersmith at sun.com
>          Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
>
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