Danishka, We (the Community Council) have been working with the FSF on this, stay tuned.
Charles. Le 8 mai 2010 à 17:57, Danishka Navin a écrit : > FYI > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: John Sullivan <i...@fsf.org> > Date: Sat, May 8, 2010 at 1:50 AM > Subject: [FSF] FSF launches free software extension listing for > OpenOffice.org > To: info-...@fsf.org, info-pr...@fsf.org > > > BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Friday, May 7, 2010 -- The Free Software > Foundation (FSF) today announced a project to assemble a replacement > extension library for OpenOffice.org, which will list only those > extensions which are free software, at > <http://www.fsf.org/openoffice>. > > "OpenOffice.org is free software, and an important contribution to the > free software community. However, the program offers the user a > library of extensions, and some of them are proprietary. Distributing > OpenOffice.org in the usual way has the effect of offering users the > nonfree extensions too," said FSF executive director Peter Brown. > > The FSF asked the OpenOffice.org Community Council to list only free > software extensions, or to provide a second independent listing which > only included free extensions, but they declined to change their > policy. > > Therefore, the FSF has launched an effort to assemble a replacement > extension library, which will list only the extensions that are free. > Any OpenOffice.org user will be able to use the new library instead of > the usual one just by making a simple configuration change. It will > not require any change in the code of OpenOffice.org itself. > > At this stage, the FSF is looking for volunteers to check the > licensing on existing extensions and identify the free ones, providing > a short descriptive text for each of them so they can be listed in the > new library. > > They have started a mailing list for coordination, and a project page > on the LibrePlanet.org wiki with instructions for how users and > developers can make a contribution to the effort. They are > at > <http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/openoffice-extensions-discuss> > and <http://groups.fsf.org/wiki/Group:OpenOfficeExtensions>. > > Once the library is ready, the FSF will be asking volunteers to help > develop free replacements for the nonfree extensions that > OpenOffice.org currently distributes. > > OpenOffice.org users can also help by contacting the OpenOffice > Community Council and respectfully requesting that OpenOffice.org not > be used as a platform for distributing proprietary software. Contact > information for the current committee members is listed under > "Representatives" at <http://council.openoffice.org>. OpenOffice.org > community members (defined by the Council as people who have > registered accounts on openoffice.org) can also suggest new agenda > items for the Council's next meeting at > < > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Community_Council/Meeting_Guidelines#New_Action_Items >> . > > ### About the Free Software Foundation > > The Free Software Foundation, founded in 1985, is dedicated to > promoting computer users' right to use, study, copy, modify, and > redistribute computer programs. The FSF promotes the development and > use of free (as in freedom) software -- particularly the GNU operating > system and its GNU/Linux variants -- and free documentation for free > software. The FSF also helps to spread awareness of the ethical and > political issues of freedom in the use of software, and its Web sites, > located at fsf.org and gnu.org, are an important source of information > about GNU/Linux. Donations to support the FSF's work can be made at > <http://donate.fsf.org>. Its headquarters are in Boston, MA, USA. > > ### About Free Software and Open Source > > The free software movement's goal is freedom for computer users. Some, > especially corporations, advocate a different viewpoint, known as > "open source," which cites only practical goals such as making > software powerful and reliable, focuses on development models, and > avoids discussion of ethics and freedom. These two viewpoints are > different at the deepest level. For more explanation, see > <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html>. > > ### Media Contacts > > Peter Brown > Executive Director > Free Software Foundation > +1 (617) 542 5942 > <campai...@fsf.org> > > ### > > info-fsf mailing list > info-...@fsf.org > Unsubscribe: http://lists.fsf.org/mailman/listinfo/info-fsf > > > > -- > Danishka Navin > http://danishkanavin.blogspot.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@native-lang.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@native-lang.openoffice.org
