[ogb-discuss] Creating a place for AMD-related work

[James Carlson]

Ostrovsky, Boris writes:
> > You can certainly start a new community if you feel that's necessary.
> > The process for that is in the consititution, and requires OGB
> > approval, as described in article VII:
> > 
> >   http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/ogb/governance/
> > 
> > You'll need to work through the issues described in 7.4, including the
> > trademark problem, to get this done.
> 
> 
> This is interesting, I didn't notice the trademark requirement when I
> first read it.
> 
> What about PowerPC, Xen and X Windows communities? These are owned by
> IBM, XenSource (Citrix?) and I think OpenGroup.

That's a darned good question, but I don't have any clear answer for
those specific groups.  I just know what we approved in the
constitution.

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