[haiku] Re: Haiku User Groups
- From: "Charlie Clark" <charlie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:09:07 +0200
Am 19.04.2010, 11:50 Uhr, schrieb PulkoMandy <pulkomandy@xxxxxxxxx>:
Haiku, Inc. only handles the trademark. They can't really choose how an
HUG is meant to work or integrate in the community or position wrt the
project. Some HUGs are BUGs that existed even before Haiku, Inc. was
created (I'm thinking of HSA/BeFAN, but there are probably many others).
What power can possibly Haiku, Inc. have on these ? They can only remove
the "Haiku" part of HUG, wich would be a bit silly if the group actually
gathers users of Haiku.
Haiku, Inc. handles two things : the trademark and the money. Any other
HUG could decide to handle money in its own way, and also pay the code
developpers or other devs to work on other features. Haikuware has been
doing so with the bounties for some time. So, the only control left is
on the trademark and logo (and possibly the website artwork). We could
only create an 'official haiku seal of quality' for HUG that Haiku, Inc.
considers 'official', but not prevent other HUGs from existing...
Excellent post, Adrien. Add to the list - anything that involves work by
the board is unlikely to find volunteers to do it. And trying to get
websites to comply with guidelines can be very difficult, particularly
when its volunteers tying to convince other volunteers to change something.
Regarding look and feel - HUGs should not ape the main Haiku site as next
to any trademark issues this may confuse the visitor.
"Go forth and have fun!" to bowdlerise Niels' presentation on Haiku's role
as a disruptive player in the OS market.
Charlie
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