Well Chris Saad (the quasi-leader) of DP is in SF until April 28th (he's in from Australia) if anyone from Red Hat cares to meet up with him. And I'm intimately familiar with the left hand/right hand issues. -t -- Tony Guntharp Co-Founder SourceForge.net fusion94@xxxxxxxxx On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 11:44 AM, Greg DeKoenigsberg <gdk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 22 Feb 2008, Tony Guntharp wrote: > > > Karsten, > > Well put...and I do understand the need for Red Hat, Inc. to protect > > its trademark. I guess the issue I have with it all were the methods > > employed. > > Me too. > > > > The DP group (of which I am a member) is an loosely formed community > > with a purpose very similiar in vein to Open Source/Free Software. The > > key thing to note is that this isn't a commercial entity. You can read > > more about the goals and objectives here: > > http://www.dataportability.org/ > > > > A C&D letter should have been sent out as a last resort instead of being > > the first salvo. By this being the first shot across the bow it only > > allows for escalation to the court system. If the DP group had been > > approached sooner by someone from within Red Hat then I think the issue > > would have still been resolved in the same manner w/o Red Hat looking > > like the bad guy. > > > > thoughts? > > You are obviously correct. Sometimes the left hand acts without knowing > what the right hand is doing. We're working on an answer to the problem > right now, preferably before it hits Slashdot. :) > > --g > > -- > Greg DeKoenigsberg > Community Development Manager > Red Hat, Inc. :: 1-919-754-4255 > "To whomsoever much hath been given... > ...from him much shall be asked" > -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
