[BNM] web2.0 is what??

[Alex Farran]

On Thu, 1 Jun 2006 14:18:27 +0100, "Nick Tong - TalkWebSolutions.co.uk" <nicktong at gmail.com> said:

> Web 2.0 it appears is nothing more that a service mark (
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_mark) coined by oreilly (
> http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2006/05/controversy_about_our_web_20_s.html)
> for "arranging and conducting live events".

> So all this talk about open data, open applications etc should be named
> something else... suggestions please.

2.0'Reilly?

Seriously, you only violate the terms of the service mark if you use
it as the name of an event or conference.  I'm sure the precise terms
will be worked out soon enough.  You may continue to use the term Web
2.0 in other contexts.  

I've no problem with O'Reilly or their partners registering it's
conference name as a service/trademark.  It wasn't that sensible to
start popularising it as a general term without mentioning that they
were in the process of registering it as service mark.  A case of the
left hand not knowing what the right hand was doing perhaps?

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