Hello Ben,

Le Wed, 29 Dec 2010 09:11:23 -0500,
Benjamin Horst <bho...@mac.com> a écrit :

> 
> On Dec 29, 2010, at 3:32 AM, Cor Nouws wrote:
> 
> > Hi Ben, *,
> > 
> > Benjamin Horst wrote (29-12-10 03:09)
> >> On Dec 28, 2010, at 5:56 PM, drew wrote:
> >>> On Tue, 2010-12-28 at 23:39 +0100, Charles-H. Schulz wrote:
> >>>> But please don't set up websites in the blue like this.
> >>> 
> >>> IMO that is just wrong, Dave has kept this list apprised at every
> >>> step he has taken, as he took it.
> >> 
> >> Indeed, Dave brought this up some time ago and a number of people
> >> discussed it in a thread. My recollection is that I (and others)
> >> strongly encouraged he do this. It was, and is, my understanding
> >> that LibO has no official disc distributor and is happy to have
> >> individuals provide the service within their local regions. The
> >> open source nature of the software encourages this, and at the very
> >> reasonable price point Dave chose, I don't see what could be a
> >> problem here. More people will be able to get copies of
> >> LibreOffice, which is good for the project and all of us involved!
> > 
> > That is all true.
> > But that does not mean that using an url as libreoffcedvd is
> > automatically OK. Maybe we should have paid more attention
> > discussing that?
> 
> That's a valid point. But as far as I know, we don't have a policy on
> URLs that include the term "libreoffice" yet. Until we do, we cannot
> say that Dave is or is not following our policy!
> 
> Once a fair policy is developed and agreed upon, I'm sure he and
> other project participants will be happy to follow it. Have you heard
> any discussion about this topic elsewhere that I may have missed?

No indeed. So what I can say is that we have no trademark policy that
is being formalized now; I would as a caution advise against using
LibreOffice and the Document Foundation as trademarks for the moment.
On the other hand I commit myself to discuss an upcoming and acceptable
trademark policy asap and to speed up things.

Best,

Charles. 


> 
> -Ben
> 
> Benjamin Horst
> bho...@mac.com
> 646-464-2314 (Eastern)
> www.solidoffice.com
> 
> 



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