Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 22nd Feb 2008 19:58 UTC, submitted by diegocg
Dissatisfaction has surfaced in the OpenSolaris community. The dispute centers around how derivatives can use the OpenSolaris name and branding. Sun says that permitting broad downstream use of the OpenSolaris name would risk diluting the Solaris trademark, and it has stated that a policy needs to be established on how the name can and cannot be used. A member of the governance board has resigned. This looks similar to what happened with the Mozilla trademark.
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Member since:2007-03-30
Yes, I say that too. The source is out there and anyone can use it. This article isn't about that.
This news article is about the open source community that Sun created turning out to be shallow and powerless, governing body and all. People were mislead to believe that it is something that it is not.
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2005-07-06
Sun, amd any company in a similar position, would be idiots not to insist on a single point of control for the products their business is built around. Nothing's stopping you from forking the code if you take issue with the requirements to get your additions into Sun's main tree.