Martin Dougiamas

Again, we have a fundamental disconnect here. I feel like you're not reading anything I've said:

You said: ...any organization who is considering implementing Moodle should understand that the "only people" who may provide them with Moodle services are Moodle Partners

I've never said that! In fact, I explicitly said "Nothing stops you from using Moodle to run a business. Nothing stops you from using Moodle at any time. It's just the brand."

You said: ...to say that no one else can provide those services unless they do so free of charge is pretty amazing.

It would be if I had said that, but again, I've never said that. Anyone can provide services for Moodle if they want to, as long as they don't use phrases like those on moodle.com (Moodle Hosting, Moodle Support etc).

Your site is fine, no problems and good luck with it. I hope this thread brings you many google hits.

Yes, it's actually a service mark, thanks.

Steve, I value your opinion but please get the facts straight if you're going to post publically about this.

Nothing has changed recently, it's been this way for two years at least. The license document asks you to ask permission to use Moodle's brand to make money from Moodle services and you haven't.

Comparing Moodle to Microsoft doesn't make sense and to do so is misleading. They sell their software, Moodle doesn't.

The ONLY business model we have is services, and those services are protected by a trademark, the same as many companies do. Without that there is less reason for companies to become Moodle Partners. Without some control, 1000 companies can offer Moodle services at will and I (and Moodle) get NOTHING from it.

None of this applies to just talking about Moodle. Nothing stops you from using Moodle to run a business. Nothing stops you from using Moodle at any time. It's just the brand.

Dammit, I missed this!

I had no idea this "hidden" code was already in CVS for 1.6

Unfortunately, it's not usable right now. To really get it working I think we need to expose a URL with GET parameters including a secret private code, so that tools like Google Calendar and iCal can subscribe to the calendar feed without too much risk of casual URL guessing, eg:

http://moodle.org/calendar/ical.php?course=5&code=68GJ68GHC5VJBB6767VHVGH


Any takers? See also the project on the student projects page:

http://docs.moodle.org/en/Student_projects

Actually, Chris, it seems that none of the Partners have any idea who you are talking about, perhaps you can contact me with a name.