[Discuss] Envienta

[Marcin Jakubowski]

Friends,

Jae Sabol of One Community <http://onecommunityglobal.org/> pointed this
out to me some time ago a group called Envienta, who is using Open Source
Ecology as a prominent byline in their branding. I am the director of Open
Source Ecology and we have a trademark on Open Source Ecology. Jae emailed
them asking if they knew that we have a trademark on the name, but he got
no response - that was a few months ago. The association with Envienta is
not positive from the open source perspective - in that they do not appear
use an OSHWA compliant hardware license (they appear to be NC) - so we
should probably give them a friendly reminder to not use our name. I am
concerned about them diluting our brand, as they promote fake open source,
contrasted with our strong open source positioning such as the Distributive
Enterprise Business Case
<https://www.facebook.com/OpenSourceEcology/photos/a.10151381815921562.574965.66469461561/10154627270176562/?type=3&theater>
.

Does anyone have any suggestions how to handle this?

Marcin

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