----- "Jeff Spaleta" <jspaleta@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. > It was pointed out that "fedorasucks.com" is available, I would never register it and I would expect that it be dealt with by Red Hat Legal. I know that the TLA or some other channel is needed for them to do so don't get me wrong. I hope that the issues will be worked out, I have faith at this time they will. I also hope it can be a model for other groups that are similar to the community we have. -- Bob _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board mailing list fedora-advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board
