Submitted by Roshan Shah (not verified) on Thu, 09/18/2008 - 04:52.
Tom,
I'll reply here to clarify on my few comments on consistent approach. I do know that Dries owns Drupal Trademark and do respect that.
Our company was previously Drupal Designs Software Services Pvt Limited. We registered this name as a business just like many others who were using Drupal to do business. Certain people(no names) pointed that it is not right to use "Drupal" name for commercial business purpose or do any commercial business on a site that uses Drupal word in domain name.
We had to take a HUGE expensive exercise to change our name to Gloscon. And is there consistency?
Another example take a look at http://drupal.org/drupal-services, my company can't even get in there despite doing so much work http://www.gloscon.com/portfolio, lots of contributions, sponsorships, spreading drupal awareness to 1000's of students, doing every possible thing(within our corporate constraints) to be a good community player. I look at others in the list there and have started thinking that Drupal infrastructure is certainly a privilege of certain closed group of people who will toss a coin and decide on various moods on what to do.
We could have worked on certification loooooong back but since I was told that it would be an offering of Drupal Association, I gladly withdrew the post only to to see later Acquia announcing its offering. Good for Drupal in general but again no consistency.
If being in community means that doing what Drupal Association dictates, - "Yes" all for it and for consistency but if it means that "One Company" or its affiliates and circles control Drupal.org and use Dual Standards, I object to it.
Tom,
I'll reply here to clarify on my few comments on consistent approach. I do know that Dries owns Drupal Trademark and do respect that.
Our company was previously Drupal Designs Software Services Pvt Limited. We registered this name as a business just like many others who were using Drupal to do business. Certain people(no names) pointed that it is not right to use "Drupal" name for commercial business purpose or do any commercial business on a site that uses Drupal word in domain name.
We had to take a HUGE expensive exercise to change our name to Gloscon. And is there consistency?
Another example take a look at http://drupal.org/drupal-services, my company can't even get in there despite doing so much work http://www.gloscon.com/portfolio, lots of contributions, sponsorships, spreading drupal awareness to 1000's of students, doing every possible thing(within our corporate constraints) to be a good community player. I look at others in the list there and have started thinking that Drupal infrastructure is certainly a privilege of certain closed group of people who will toss a coin and decide on various moods on what to do.
We could have worked on certification loooooong back but since I was told that it would be an offering of Drupal Association, I gladly withdrew the post only to to see later Acquia announcing its offering. Good for Drupal in general but again no consistency.
If being in community means that doing what Drupal Association dictates, - "Yes" all for it and for consistency but if it means that "One Company" or its affiliates and circles control Drupal.org and use Dual Standards, I object to it.
Roshan