Serious trademark trouble.

[Russell Nelson]

David Johnson writes:
 > At one time there was talk about Open Source certification. Is this
 > still being considered? A trademark may not be possible, but a
 > certification would be the next best thing.

We had always planned on registering Open Source as a certification
mark.  In fact, such an application was filed, and initially returned
for reconsideration.  No action was taken on that, and the applicaton
timed out.  After due consideration and experience, we decided that
defending the mark was beyond the means of most ordinary mortals.

We have since created the OSI Certified open source certification
mark.  We've had no trouble defending that mark.

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