Cmon Joe, Simon's PoV has been clear from his tweets, unless he has changed his mind... If I am mis-representing his stance, Simon's a big boy and can tell me where I'm wrong and I'll admit I was wrong. Does he say that *both* TDF and the ASF has the opportunity? No, just the ASF.
Maybe that is a nit, but of such nits confusion arises. On Jun 3, 2011, at 2:05 PM, Joe Schaefer wrote: > Cmon Jim, he wrote a lengthy monologue which spelled > out his position. As I read it, we could license > the OpenOffice trademark to the Document Foundation > for, as Simon put it, "business as usual" distributions. > If we wanted to we could specify a time/date/event > upon which that license terminates, and the "new" > stuff going on at the ASF would be distributing code > under the mark. > > > > ----- Original Message ---- >> From: Jim Jagielski <j...@jagunet.com> >> To: general@incubator.apache.org >> Sent: Fri, June 3, 2011 1:58:51 PM >> Subject: Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the > Community? >> >> >> On Jun 3, 2011, at 1:36 PM, Simon Phipps wrote: >> >>> >>> On 3 Jun 2011, at 17:52, Ian Lynch wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Florian, >>>> >>>> >>>>> I do see with great concern is the need for a second project to be set-up >>>>> at Apache or any other entity. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Thing is that this is done, Oracle didn't and won't now give the IP to any >>>> other foundation. So we are where we are. >>> >>> We may be where we are, but we collectively have the opportunity to >> collaborate once Oracle has gone - that's what "open" means. "My way or >> the >> highway" talk - from any side - is detestable. ASF has the opportunity to >> reject the bait to head down the path of ideological conflict, choose a >> conciliatory path that respects the existing community and especially to >> use >> the trademark (which is the only actual asset being transferred) for >> everyone's >> good. >>> >> >> Let's be honest: by "collaborate" you mean have the ASF simply >> xfer the code and the trademark to TDF and walk away... At least, >> that is the strong impression you give. Please correct me if I'm >> wrong. >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
