On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 2:01 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton > <dennis.hamil...@acm.org> wrote: > > +1 > > > > I agree. It looks like doing a reset and then rebuilding this structure > in a way that is appropriate for Apache OpenOffice is the best way forward. > > > > +1 > > Right now we have no guarantees that these distributors are actually > distributing current versions of OpenOffice, older versions with > security issues, or even modified versions of OpenOffice with adware > inserted. We see things like this happening all over the web today. > So I'd be very careful on how we associate the project with > initiatives like this. It is one thing if a PMC member or someone > known to us wants to distribute CD's at a conference. It is another > thing for us to put up free advertising for unknown parties to sell > what may or may not be real copies of OpenOffice. > > What we could do to protect our users is something like this: > > -- Define a new logo, perhaps based on the project logo, for CD > distributors > > -- Put the logo up on a webpage page and allow anyone to use the logo, > but only if it is used on a CD containing a release of OpenOffice and > nothing but OpenOffice. >
Well there is a rather prominent disclaimer on the page -- *Note: OpenOffice.org makes no claims about the contents of any CD-ROM you may purchase from a distributor listed here. We list these only as a courtesy to the community. Should you find old or invalid links, please report them to the page maintainer: Alex Fisher <cd...@openoffice.org> We should probably make a minor change on this for now and replace OpenOffice.org with Apache OpenOffice , remove Alex, and point them to ooo-dev? As I'm making final adjustments to things I am finding many such items. * > > > This will disadvantage some NL groups who have been maintaining the > information for their region, though. So it needs to be a brief disruption. > > > > Andrea Pescetti has done some work on the page today. I suggest > consulting with him on a clean way forward. > > > > - Dennis > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: drew jensen [mailto:drewjensen.in...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2012 10:48 > > To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org > > Subject: Re: Who is Page Maintainer Now? > http://www.openoffice.org/distribution/cdrom/ > > > > [ ... ] > > > > There are quite a few junk links on that page, for sure. > > At the moment no-one is actively working on a CD image. > > We don't have a 'community distributor' program, really - right - I > > think it was a good idea and still is, but this group has to carve out a > > little time to figure it out anew. > > > > so - given the change in project, I really do think the best way > > forward is to just wipe that page clean, first - and then look at what > > should go in it's pace. > > > > My opinion on that anyway, and to re-emphasize - I think we want > > distributors and an information page such as this and I'll work with > > others to get it back, but I really think by Tuesday the links should be > > e gone. > > > > //drew > > > > > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "Well, life has a funny way of sneaking up on you And life has a funny way of helping you out Helping you out." -- "Ironic", Alanis Morissette
