Keith, I suggest asking legal about this (with approval of the PMC as well). Get permission for the ASF logo as well.
Considering that *anyone* can publish those books, with appropriate acknowledgment and indication of where the free digital ones can be found, it is unclear to me why such a thing, with proceeds to the ASF, would cross a line. That's way better than what people have done with the AOO distros on eBay and Amazon themselves. - Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Keith N. McKenna <keith.mcke...@comcast.net> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2022 14:44 To: doc@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: Print copies of Getting Started Guide? Jean; The problem I see with being able to do this is the owner of the account. Because ASF is a US 501(C)(3)Tax Exempt charity, neither it nor AOO can be the owner of the account as it would likely violate the terms of that status. Jean Weber wrote: [orcmid] [ .. ] > So, the first things to decide are: > 1) Do you want to sell through Amazon and other online retailers? Or > would Lulu Bookstore be enough? > 2) Who will be the account holder with whatever service is selected? > > Once an account is set up, one can publish a book. > 3) Who will prepare the files for uploading? > 4) Who will create the cover art? > 5) Who will do the various publishing steps? These involve uploading a > PDF for interior pages, creating and uploading a separate PDF for the > cover, inputting other information and making various selections about > paper type, black-and-white vs color interiors, pricing, etc.! > > But first! > Do you want to print the book full-page-size (A4) or reduce the page > size to something like 6x9-inch, which is a common trade paperback > size. The cost of printing full size is much higher than printing > smaller pages, but involves an extra step and software that not > everyone has. > > I'm sure there's more that escapes me at the moment. > > Jean
