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

[Patrick Finch]

Are being a "pure community driven project" and "especially blessed by 
Sun" mutually exclusive?

Patrick


Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> 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.
>