Hi, Laurent Godard a écrit : > Hi Charles > >> But once again Laurent: OOo needs money wether you want it or not.... >> > > i think that instead of guessing what Laurent has in mind (even on > semi-public irc discussion he is not invited in ...)
Er... what???? You were invited in the first place to this discussion. Read the logs. We were waiting for you and at some point I just thought that it was pointless to have such a session if you were not there. So you received your mail, just like everybody who was concerned. > we should first state widely publically and officially why OOo needs > money and first organize the OOo project as an employer Well, it is more complex than that. > > Speaking about foundation, i sincerelly think that mozilla one is an > example and does mozilla foundation I'm not talking about that. > - charge for extensions visibility ? > - charge companies doing xul development ? You may want to refer to the Mozilla Corporation then, not the foundation. And besides, each project has its own specificities. > > i personnally really think that seeing extensions as cash flow > provider is a mistake - speaking about commercial companies (that's > their problem) but (and that's our domain) also for OOo. We will loose > contributors and finally end with 2 levels OOo software: the default > free (as idea and speech) one and the extended-added-value-propriatary > one This outcome is foreseeable and desirable, actually. > > so you're wrong, i'l totally open to any for-profit regarding OOo (for > self funding purposes) but this needs organisational prerequisits that > are not met at the moment and will not covered by the kopecks recolted > though the extension way ... Yes. But think that what is wanted here is not to find one single way to generate revenue. Rather, it is about generating small amounts of revenue wherever we can. Best, Charles. > > of course , all of that, IMHO > > Laurent > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
