On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 7:34 AM, Juergen Weigert
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.
IIRC One of the previously stated goals for the foundation is to own and enforce the copyrights associated with openSUSE. I expect that to be clarified as the openSUSE foundation activity of the board is summarized and posted to the -foundation list in the next days. (I have not read the board notes, so I don't know any details. If you're real curious, go read those. They're public I believe. And recall the board Chairman is specifically a Novell representative, so I assume in that role he is speaking for Novell(?)) Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org