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

[Eric Boutilier]

On Wed, 6 Jun 2007, Patrick Finch wrote:
>
>
> 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.

Excellent point (misconceptions abound in that regard).

Eric