Am Sonntag, 28. Februar 2010 14:03:22 schrieb Basil Chupin:
From the Guidelines referred to me by Henne Vogelsang, namely
http://en.opensuse.org/Guiding_Principles
I quote the following:
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Novell owns the registered openSUSE trademark.
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Huh? I know Novell owns the trademark but also allows it's use for certain parts of the community, I think there is a mailing list where you can ask if it's ok to use the trademark for example your own openSUSE spin. Still I don't get what this has to do with novell owning openSUSE, a trademark is something different. It's similar to the name Linux which also is a trademark but can basicly be used free of charge unless it is with bad intent.
(But I have yet to read the Guidelines mentioned by Henne so my response is based on ignorance of what the Guidelines contain. [But people reading the wikipedia entries don't see the Guidelines - do they?].)
Wikipedia beeing an encyclopedia of course only gives an overview of openSUSE, the guidelines are for people who want to identify and contribute so they know what openSUSE strives for.
Good to read this. So, have you read the Guidelines? Just asking.
Yes I did and I don't particularly like them as they are very unspecific about real goals and read like something propably every distribution aims for. Still I don't get what this has to do with the wikipedia entry, it is correct on the matters of ownership as openSUSE is a free software project, which boils down to ownership is spread over it's users and developers. Karsten -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org