[ug-discuss] Re: [osol-mktg] Sponsor Project Indiana

[Alan Coopersmith]

Patrick Finch wrote:
> I agree on sponsoring.
> 
> Concerning nomenclature: if I understand concerns about using the name 
> "OpenSolaris" as part / all of the name of a disto,  they are 2-fold:
> 
> i. Deprecates (unfairly) other OpenSolaris distros, and the excellent 
> work which has gone into creating them
> 
> ii. Redefines what OpenSolaris is, from a code base and community to 
> code base, community and a bootable OS, to the point where the name 
> "OpenSolaris" is loaded with too much meaning.

iii. Makes it clear that this distro is specially blessed by Sun, and
not a pure community-driven project, since only Sun has the ability to
grant use of the OpenSolaris trademark this way.

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	-Alan Coopersmith-           alan.coopersmith at sun.com
	 Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering