On 20 January 2014 20:59, Sheran Corera <sherancor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Rob / Jani and all, > > What we would like to do, is to take this forward in partnership with Open > Office in an official manner and run some courses on a rev-share or similar > so that we can put effort into doing this as well and sell training to > users together with Open Office. > partnership will be very hard, we are all a bunch of volunteers and not a commercial organization. We like to keep our software totally free of ties, a partnership would be a limitation. We have multiple companies, who put resources (mainly man-hours) into enhancing AOO. But very important we dont see the man-hours, we only see and deal with the people (who just happens to get a pay-check from a company). > Since this would then be partly a commercial effort, does this require us > to send a formal proposal to the pmc or go into a vote or is there a > seperate process for this? > Apache Software Foundation is a non-profit organization and can pr. definition not be involved in commercial activities. It is however completely legal (and wished) that you use the software and build commercial add-on products around it, as long as you comply with the ALv2 license regarding distribution and the guidelines regarding use of logos and other trademarks. > Please let me know. > I am not the specialist here, so you might get more input from other people rgds jan I. > > Thanks, > Sheran > On Jan 20, 2014 7:43 PM, "Isuru Hewavitharana" < > isuru.hewavithar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Sheran / Rob, > > > > I have changed the logo and text as requested. Please do a cache refresh > > (CTRL + F5) and retry. > > > > Cheers! > > Isuru > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 7:35 PM, Sheran Corera <sherancor...@gmail.com > > >wrote: > > > > > Thanks Rob, > > > > > > As per the system, you can configure what courses you want to keep > open / > > > closed / work according to the point system, so you can run say 3 > > courses, > > > for beginners, intermediate, advanced so each user can select which > level > > > to participate in. > > > > > > If it is felt that the users need validation (an assessment to gauge > > their > > > skill level) prior to selecting which course they should take, that can > > > integrated with ease as well from the back-end. > > > > > > A colleague, Isuru is on copy, he will change the logo asap in order to > > not > > > violate any trademark policies. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Sheran > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 7:12 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 8:06 AM, Sheran Corera < > sherancor...@gmail.com > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > Re-posting to dev-list from documentation. > > > > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > > > > > Going through the Open Office documentation, I noticed the huge > > effort > > > > > taken on content creation and maintenance in each of the different > > > > > Wikis<http://www.openoffice.org/documentation/> and > > > > > a separate effort to certify users via the certification > > > > > project<http://www.openoffice.org/certification/> (which > > > > > is really great!). > > > > > > > > > > At LayUp <http://www.getlayup.com/?source=oa>, we're working on > > > building > > > > > something similar (a gamified, retention oriented training and > > > > > certification platform targeted entirely at software products) and > we > > > > would > > > > > like to help take the online certification aspect to the next level > > and > > > > > setup a live demo. > > > > > > > > > > I've setup an online demo of what such a system could look like for > > > Open > > > > > Office > > > > > > > > > > URL - *Open Office Demo - LayUP > > > > > <http://www.getlayup.com/layup/index.php?site=demo2>* > > > > > > > > > > The login credentials for *user *and *admin *are as follows - > > > > > > > > > > *Username* - user > > > > > *Password *- demo > > > > > > > > > > *Username *- admin > > > > > *Password *- demo > > > > > > > > > > We've taken a lot of effort into setting this up, so instead of > just > > > > > spamming it, we would appreciate if someone can have a look and > guide > > > us > > > > on > > > > > how we can take this forward. > > > > > > > > > > > > > I took a quick look. I like the platform, nice and clear, easy to > > > > use. I think new users would like this. > > > > > > > > From a learning perspective it might be worth having an install > > > > module. This would be platform-specific (Windows install differs > from > > > > Mac which differs from Linux). But we do receive a good deal of > > > > support questions related to install, so this might be an area worth > > > > covering. > > > > > > > > I don't know if your platform allows it, but it would be great if > > > > there was a way to take an initial test and based on test results be > > > > placed into a higher rank automatically, rather than having everyone > > > > start at the same initial level. That way it could be interesting > for > > > > skill building of users who know a little, as well as absolute > > > > beginners. > > > > > > > > You'll need to give some attention to the trademark issues involved > > > > here as well. You currently have it called "Apache OpenOffice > Academy > > > > by Layup". That name, plus the use of the Apache OpenOffice logo, > > > > suggests a certain relationship between the website and the > OpenOffice > > > > project which could confuse users. You can read more about our > > > > trademark policy here: > > > > > > > > http://openoffice.apache.org/trademarks.html > > > > > > > > Note: the speed for me was perfect. No issues. I'm near Boston. > > > > Jan is in Spain. I wonder whether that could be part of the issue? > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > -Rob > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The effort is much appreciated! > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > Sheran > > > > > > > > > >
