[openbeos] Re: Haiku distro guidelines [was: Haiku Vmware Build Environment]
- From: "Matt Madia" <mattmadia@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:32:01 -0400
*coming late into discussion*
many of you will probably want to burn me at the stake for suggesting this ....
Mozilla.org is another open source foundation that takes trademarking seriously.
One particular feature they implement in their build system is to:
Assume A Non-Official Build
In order to build an official, trademarked product such as "Firefox"
vs "BonEcho", a builder must pass "--enable--official-branding" to
configure
( see http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/configure.in#4840 )
granted, a non-official build still uses many of mozilla's graphics
and images, but that could be similar to using Haiku's icons+deskbar
image
IIRC, there's also a --distribution-id=youremail@xxxxxxxxxxx , but i
cannot locate it at this time.
If protecting the Haiku trademark is such a prize possession, (which
imVHo ,it is ) then it is of my opinion that something along these
lines be implemented.
I would even go so far as arguing for the requirement of a
non-publicized identification string to enable official trademarks.
This would help to restrict the number of people who could produce a
properly trademarked Haiku image.
-mmadia
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