Hi, Le mardi 14 août 2012 à 08:23 -0400, Fabian Rodriguez a écrit : > On 08/14/2012 05:09 AM, Anthony Easthope wrote: > > Hi Guys > > > > > > > > I have a proposition for you all and am not sure if you would class it > > as a feature request or a partnership suggestion. > > > > My idea is as follows: The Document Foundation partners up with Roy > > Rosenzwieg Center for History and New Media and work together on making > > The Zotero project an integral part of the LibreOffice frame work. > For that to happen an important part of Zotero (the server, > specificalloy the part that provides social features) would have to be > removed from its functionality or made free, open source software. > > Otherwise this would be a closed-source deal, business-only deal, > against LibreOffice core values, IMHO. > > I mentioned Zotero before without much enthusiasm here, that's another > important element for this to succeed: core LIbreOffice users/devs using > Zotero aren't many (or any, that I know of). > > > I have the feeling that I might be treading on thin ground here but I > > will outline my reasons as to why this could work below > > > > > > * Libreoffice is perfect for use within university's / schools as it > > can be easily distributed thanks to the GNU license the same goes > > for Zotero > You are referring to the client component. The server is not free, open > source. You can setup a server to store Zotero files, but it's not a > trivial process and it lacks any and all ZOtero social features/web > front-end. It's even advised against (for corruption risks) by Zotero. > > > > * The use of Zotero could replace the inbuilt Bibliography & > > referencing tool as the current one is quite bewildering to use for > > many people > Agreed! I believe I've suggested to remove it completely from LibO in > the past, such is its current state. > > > * Zotero has a nice GUI and can work in with Firefox via an extension > > which is also open source so at the same time we are not just > > supporting one open-source initiative but three! > Firefox distribution is also bound to commercial restrictions, > specifically regarding its trademark and binaries origin. I wouldn't use > this argument, unfortunately it comes with strings attached. > > > * Zotero is open to suggestions and it appears to other projects as > > well > > Looking at how setting up a third-party server is handled/ not > encouraged, I feel the opposite. I'd love to be wrong, I haven't > asked/pursued this so it would be a good idea to see this happen. > > > * Increased awareness of The Document Foundation program via Zotero > > related media attention (Vice Versa for LO and Zotero) > > * it would bring a fresh feel to the whole project and could even > > mean a new approach and reinvigorate the project > The above may be best discussed/addressed quickly on the marketing > mailing list (this will surely catch Marc Paré's attention, an > extraordinary contributor there). > > > > Let me Know what you think and feel free to shoot me down if you so > > wish! > > > > > > I am personally interested in this, so I can be of any help, > specifically validating the free/non-free components and impact of > keeping a close eye on such details, I'll gladly make myself available. > > Right now I am welcoming the 4th child in my family, a healthy boy born > 2 days ago so I may not be as resposive but personal email always gets > my attention :) >
Well, there is a Zotero extension somewhere (used to work with the OpenOffice.org 3.x branch). Aside that, I'm not sure what is required: joint promotion efforts? best, Charles. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
