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

[Patrick Finch]

Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> Patrick Finch wrote:
>> Are being a "pure community driven project" and "especially blessed by 
>> Sun" mutually exclusive?
> 
> They have been in the past - if Schillix, Belenix, Martux or Nexenta had
> asked to be able to use the OpenSolaris name, they would likely have been
> denied.    That it's an option now seems to be because a Sun executive is
> pushing for this project.
> 
> Is that good or bad?   I don't know - but it's one of the issues that 
> people
> think about when naming a distro "OpenSolaris".
> 

Understood - you're right that there is an obvious asymmetry in the 
relationship.  My point was just that naming a distro "OpenSolaris" 
wouldn't prevent it from being driven purely within the community.