On 01/03/10 00:24, Karsten König wrote:
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.
Have a look at the entry for Novell, here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novell Look in the R-H panel which will show that openSUSE is a product of Novell. However, I would be most pleased to be advised of a reference which shows that openSUSE.org is in fact an 'org' which is a not-for-profit organisation and which is a legal entity, able to sue and be sued, and which is constituted under an Act of parliament (in my country) and which has to meet very specific requirements as specified in the Act to be termed an 'organisation'. In which country is openSUSE registered as a not-for-profit organisation? However, I can see in the entry for the domain names for .org that this domain name is usually used for open source software - with no qualification mentioned that a commercial entity cannot use this domain name for its product(s). In the Guidelines which Henne mentioned there is one word called "board". If you click on that word you will taken to an explanation of what "board" is all about. Quite apart from the fact that all board members - except, perhaps, one - are employees of Novell, there is also the statement that the chairperson of the "board" is always appointed by Novell. BC -- She was only a whisky maker but I loved her still. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org