On Sunday 22 Jun 2003 9:00 pm, MJ Ray wrote:
BenE mail@psychoferret.freeserve.co.uk wrote:
Secondly, and rather anally, if the letter were to be signed from us lot then how long should I wait before assuming no-one objects and sending it? I wouldn't like a letter to be sent in my name (although indirectly I supose) which I didn't agree with [...]
I'd advise against as sending it as "From ALUG" but instead ask people who wish their names to be added to tell you, so it can be "From ALUG Members x y z..." Like many free software projects, ALUG doesn't exist as a formal organisation, and none of the original members has tried to enforce a trademark, so there's not any way to represent the group as a whole.
A sensible precaution. It simultaneously keeps ALUG in the frame without committing it as a (non existent) organisation and should be fine too with dissenters.
Ian