Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 06:42:31 +0100 From: Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be> To: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org>, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The Merger, and what will its effects be on committers? Message-ID: <v04220802b4f6242bc86f@[194.78.235.226]> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003152023030.6838-100000@dt051n0b.san.rr.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003152023030.6838-100000@dt051n0b.san.rr.com>
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At 8:29 PM -0800 2000/3/15, Doug Barton wrote: > Suffice it to say that I believe the trademark owning > entity should be extremely discriminating in granting licenses to use the > name, but that such licenses should be granted when the product being > marketed will add value to the brand. Well said! Let me add that I believe that the only way licenses could be granted in this fashion would be for the FreeBSD Core Team (and later, the FreeBSD Foundation) to actually see a copy of the product in question, so that they can confirm for themselves that it does actually meet their standards. They would also have to have certain guarantees that the product as shipped would be the same product that they have approved. If you're not willing to give them a copy beforehand, then you have no right to complain about not being able to use the trademark. -- These are my opinions -- not to be taken as official Skynet policy ====================================================================== Brad Knowles, <blk@skynet.be> || Belgacom Skynet SA/NV Systems Architect, Mail/News/FTP/Proxy Admin || Rue Colonel Bourg, 124 Phone/Fax: +32-2-706.13.11/12.49 || B-1140 Brussels http://www.skynet.be || Belgium To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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