[OpenID board] Trademark problem?

[Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.)]

On 12/03/2008 01:51 AM, Dick Hardt:
>
> What price is that? Easy to judge from the sidelines ...

The price of having information hidden and the community/foundation 
members uninformed and excluded from the process. (Hint: I miss some 
really lively discussion which make up typical open source/open 
standards discussions on mailing lists. They are usually useful for the 
decision makers and the processes in general, despite the noise.)
> If you think you can do a good job on the board, please nominate
> yourself to the board!
>    
Unfortunately I couldn't dedicate the time which I think a board member 
would/should have to invest in order to be useful. Another time perhaps. 
This however doesn't mean that I don't want to be informed and part of 
the processes, otherwise the company I represent wouldn't be a 
foundation member in first place.

Now, in the context of the supposed trademark violation I want to 
understand of which nature those violations are and what exactly is 
going on. Otherwise it's some kind of spreading FUD, because from what I 
heard so far, there will be "negotiations"...Shall I understand that we 
can negotiate on the OpenID trademark? I don't see the benefit from 
hiding this issue away, quite the opposite. If the board can't present a 
clear stance on such issues and signal clearly to the community and 
public in general how such violations are handled and of which nature 
they are - and have the community involved in this process - then (IMO) 
the board failed in its leadership role.

Regards
Signer: 	Eddy Nigg, StartCom Ltd. <http://www.startcom.org>
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