Mark,<br><br>Thanks for your note. I have read and reread your email, specifically the parts about:<br><br>a) "How should the revenue for licensing be distributed - if a holder
wishes to?"<br><br>and <br><br>b) the "situation" and the follow-on question leave me with a sense of real concern. <br><br>Could you please clarify? Broaching the question of "revenue for licensing" is in obvious contradiction to the policy of being entirely free and of course that precludes anything that is revenue generating including licensing fees or royalties, so to me this feels like a question that is an attempt to somehow get the nose of the camel into the tent. Or are am I missing something?<br>
<br>Honestly, I simply can't parse well the "situation" as you describe it. Please just put your questions on the table directly. What are you asserting and what do you aim to do as a result of those assertions?<br>
<br>Cordially,<br>-bill<br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Mark Cross <<a href="mailto:2008@thirdvisit.co.uk">2008@thirdvisit.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Dear Bill,<br>
<br>
Sorry for not writing sooner, I had to attend a family funeral this
week and have been Net less.<br>
<br>
With regards to our conversation two Fridays back my illustration is as
follows:<br>
<br>
As a Trademark holder - by accident because I needed to protect the
domain, I do see a lot of problems with derivative Marks.<br>
<ol>
<li>The brand needs to be protected</li>
<li>How should the revenue for licensing be distributed - if a holder
wishes to?</li>
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<b>Situation:</b><br>
<br>
Having got the Trademark I decided that given that absolutely no
provincial (local) Angel Investment network understands OpenID, I might
as well register a derivative mark to raise money through
certification, to fund both myself and further OpenID in the UK.<br>
<br>
Whilst as I the own the Mark I have no qualms about doings this, but I
do have an ethical dilemma that profit should be further split
between, Brad, Randy and the OpenID Foundation US/Europe/UK.<br>
<br>
<b>Question:</b><br>
<br>
Would the board like to offer any advice on this to me as an
individual, and or suggest ideas that could be promoted to the other
holders?<br>
<br>
Cheers Mark<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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