On Jan 19, 11 06:52:45 -0500, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
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Novell owns the registered openSUSE trademark. Novell permits and encourages the usage of the official openSUSE artwork
Any 'foundation' probably won't be able to be named 'openSUSE' if I read the ownership of that name/trademark correctly.
You may "read" it correctly; but there is no reason to believe that.
Unless Novell grants permission to use the trademark for the Foundation name, or Novell would be willing to transfer the trademark to the Foundation, your reading is correct. I'd like to hear what the chances are, that one of the two happens, so that the foundation can be appropriatly named. Not calling it 'The openSUSE Foundation' just because of trademark reasons makes Novell appear to be spoiling the game. This is something Novell cannot possibly want. I don't expect an answer to this question while the merger is ongoing. cheers, JW- -- o \ Juergen Weigert paint it green! __/ _=======.=======_ <V> | jw@suse.de back to ascii! __/ _---|____________\/ \ | 0911 74053-508 __/ (____/ /\ (/) | _____________________________/ _/ \_ vim:set sw=2 wm=8 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg) SuSE. Supporting Linux since 1992. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org