Hi Paolo, I acknowledge the answers. Thanks.
Regards, Aravind Palla Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Thursday, July 9, 2020 10:36 PM, Paolo Vecchi <paolo.vec...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: > Hi Aravind, > > please read the answers you received before firing off new ones: > > https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/msg04604.html > https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/msg04636.html > https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/msg04638.html > > Ciao > > Paolo > > On 09/07/2020 18:49, Aravind Palla wrote: > > > There is no need to downplay the LibreOffice (Community Edition) in order > > to lure the proposed enterprise edition. The sudden and unexpected > > additions in the development branch to the extent that 'you are using a > > Personal Edition which is intended for individual use' has, undoubtedly > > created commotion among the community. > > LibreOffice was and is regarded as a Freedom Software and many volunteers > > and including the eco-system companies (I believe) have contributed the > > vast-majority of the code without any commercial/enterprise edition. The > > office suite has achieved great heights all these years. > > It is purely a moral obligation on the individuals / non-individuals to > > give back to the community. > > Even if it is only to lure the governments/commercial entities to sell the > > proposed LibreOffice Enterprise edition, I reiterate that there is no need > > to downplay the standard edition. > > What will be 'special' and what will be the exclusive 'support', etc., in > > the proposed enterprise edition? Can the board clarify? > > > > - Aravind Palla > > > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > > On Thursday, July 9, 2020 10:04 PM, Michael Stahl m...@libreoffice.org > > wrote: > > > > > On 09.07.20 18:19, Andreas Mantke wrote: > > > > > > > and there are three reasons, why TDF is "Gemeinnützig": > > > > > > > > - der Volks- und Berufsbildung, > > > > > > > > - der Wissenschaft und Forschung, insbesondere auf dem Gebiet der > > > > Informatik, > > > > > > > > - des bürgerschaftlichen Engagements zugunsten gemeinnütziger Zwecke. > > > > > > > > > > > > (non binding English translation: > > > > > > > > - Public and professional education > > > > - Science and research, particularly in the field of computer science > > > > - Civic engagement for non-profit purposes) > > > > > > > > There is nothing in this lines about the promotion of an ecosystem of > > > > service providers (etc.). > > > > i don't believe anybody is claiming that promotion of an ecosystem of > > > > service providers should be a goal of TDF - what i understand is being > > > > claimed is that it can be a good means, a tool to eventually help > > > > reach the actual defined goals of TDF to a fuller extent, and the > > > > proposed marketing plan is a way to increase the ... leverage(?) ... of > > > > the means/tool. > > > > > > To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org > > > Problems? > > > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > > > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > > > List archive: > > > https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ > > > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > > -- > > Paolo Vecchi - Deputy Member of the Board of Directors > The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE > Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts > Legal details: https://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
