On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 8:49 AM, Robert 'Bob' Jensen<bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have been attacked, called names and so on in private because I refuse to sign the original document, as a result I have reacted from a personal point of view. Unfortunately, I can't do much about inappropriate private comments that have been directed at you...or inappropriate private comments directed at anyone. How much of the heat in the public discussion is spill over from private communications where a line was crossed and someone got offended and there weren't others in the conversation to work on smooth over the discord? I don't know, but I'm guessing its a majority of it...for everybody who is showing a little fray around the edges on this issue. Another reason I personally appreciate the legal reps willingness to come out on the public list and have a discussion. I understand that you don't like having the TLA exist at all. I get it. I think we can all agree that legal issues blow monkey chunks. Legal issues which intersect community interests...even more so. I really wish there was a pre-existing copyleft approach to trademark that still allowed the trademark to be enforcible for a license. But I'm not aware of such a construction. As it stands right now we have to make a choice with regard to keeping the trademark in an enforceable state. I think Glezos summed up the underlying issue. Is protecting the trademark long term worth the intangible short term cost? Its a very difficult question. We seemed to have survived the introduction of the CLA for contributors even though there was heat when it was introduced. -jef _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board mailing list fedora-advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board
