Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: [Libreoffice] Proposal to join Apache OpenOffice

2011-06-15 Thread Greg Stein
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 17:53, Thorsten Behrens wrote: >... > Allen, how can you, with a straight face, ask people here to come > over to a different project, that likely noone here is really happy > with, that was setup as a fait acompli, marketed as the "natural > upstream", removes rights from

Re: [tdf-discuss] OCA vs. ICLA: two names - one thing?

2011-06-15 Thread Greg Stein
Right! Apache doesn't want any copyrights. It just wants to sublicense and create derivative works. More information (and the ICLA) are located here: http://www.apache.org/licenses/#clas On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 21:17, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > Here's my sense of how they are different thin

[tdf-discuss] Re: [Ping Florian] nntp gmane posts to user list still not getting to the list

2011-06-15 Thread NoOp
On 06/15/2011 08:20 AM, Marc Paré wrote: > Le 2011-06-15 10:09, plino a écrit : >> Nabble posts are working. >> >> Thanks ;) >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Ping-Florian-nntp-gmane-posts-to-user-list-still-not-getting-to-the-list-tp3061361p3067421.

RE: [tdf-discuss] OCA vs. ICLA: two names - one thing?

2011-06-15 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Here's my sense of how they are different things: The ICLA is not a copyright assignment of any kind. It is only a license and your affirmation that you have the right to grant it. The OCA non-exclusively transfers a property right. The license doesn't work that way. My understanding is th

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: [Libreoffice] Proposal to join Apache OpenOffice

2011-06-15 Thread Friedrich Strohmaier
Hi Allen, *, Allen Pulsifer schrieb: > On that point, let me be clear: There are > millions of potential users for OOo, LO, and open document formats. > Many of those potential users work in companies, government agencies > and other organizations that routinely trust Microsoft, Oracle, IBM > an

Re: [tdf-discuss] OCA vs. ICLA: two names - one thing?

2011-06-15 Thread Friedrich Strohmaier
Hi Greg, *, sorry, forgot to post links.. Friedrich Strohmaier schrieb: > I pull this in a new thread, as it is basic for understanding the > difference between OCA and ICLA. > Greg Stein schrieb: > [..] >> Let's also not forget that neither TDF nor the ASF require copyright >> assignment. Th

[tdf-discuss] OCA vs. ICLA: two names - one thing? (was: Triple licensing?)

2011-06-15 Thread Friedrich Strohmaier
Hi Greg, *, I pull this in a new thread, as it is basic for understanding the difference between OCA and ICLA. Greg Stein schrieb: [..] > Let's also not forget that neither TDF nor the ASF require copyright > assignment. The copyright remains with the contributor. Same thing with OCA. You don'

Re: [tdf-discuss] First TDF Advisory Board members demonstrate wide corporate support for LibreOffice

2011-06-15 Thread Robert Derman
Florian Effenberger wrote: First TDF Advisory Board members demonstrate wide corporate support for LibreOffice Strong backing for a truly free and vendor-neutral office suite The Document Foundation provides solid grounds to build upon The Document Foundation today announced the first members

[tdf-discuss] Re: Magazine LibreOffice International

2011-06-15 Thread Joe Rotello
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Klaibson Ribeiro wrote: > Hi. > > I was thinking if we organize an Magazine on LibreOffice, with members of > all communities the world? > > Good week. > > -- > Klaibson Ribeiro > Tel: (48) 9625-8273 > www.creativesolucoes.com.br What if an electronic p

Re: [tdf-discuss] Hackfest - September 9th, Ohio Linux Fest

2011-06-15 Thread Carl Symons
Sounds like a good idea if there are enough people to assist with pulling it off. What is hands-on training? Training on how to use LibO apps? Or is it more in line with a hacking session? What is being certified? Carl On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 1:13 PM, drew wrote: > Howdy, > > Had a chance to s

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: [Libreoffice] Proposal to join Apache OpenOffice

2011-06-15 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Allen Pulsifer wrote: > If most or almost all of the LO contributors joined the Apache > OpenOffice project, if only to lend moral support and help heal > the rift, that would only be good for LO and the TdF. > Allen, how can you, with a straight face, ask people here to come over to a different p

[tdf-discuss] Hackfest - September 9th, Ohio Linux Fest

2011-06-15 Thread drew
Howdy, Had a chance to speak with one of the organizers for the Ohio Linux fest (Columbus, Ohio, USA) regarding the possibility of holding a LibreOffice hackfest/QA session. They are quite interested and motivated to help us do this. The date would be Friday September 9th, this day is mostly use

[tdf-discuss] Hackfest from September 2nd to 4th

2011-06-15 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, this is just a short announcement that the LibreOffice Hackfest will (most likely) be from September 2nd to 4th in Munich - just got confirmation. More details, an "official" announcement plus a wiki page will follow soon, but I hope this helps to save the date. ;-) Florian -- Floria

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: [Ping Florian] nntp gmane posts to user list still not getting to the list

2011-06-15 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Marc Paré wrote on 2011-06-15 17.20: There are still some Gmane lists that are not working well. Some lists you can post a "new" thread, but cannot respond to any threads even your own thread. This list "discuss" is now working correctly as you can see from my test messages. I guess they

Re: [steering-discuss] Joining the OASIS Consortium

2011-06-15 Thread Florian Effenberger
+1, if we have the money, and when the Foundation legally exists. The current budget is already *very* tight, so we cannot spend more until we have some more income. Charles-H. Schulz wrote on 2011-06-15 20.24: So let me rephrase this proposal. Given the membership fee, do you approve TDF join

RE: [tdf-discuss] Re: [Libreoffice] Proposal to join Apache OpenOffice

2011-06-15 Thread Allen Pulsifer
Davide Dozza wrote: > Sorry Allen but you are in contradiction. Before you say "Regardless of who's fault" and at the end > it seems you are accusing TDF to be the cause of the community fracture. I made no accusations and assigned no fault. I'm also not interested in assigning fault or blame. T

Re: [steering-discuss] Joining the OASIS Consortium

2011-06-15 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Le Wed, 15 Jun 2011 17:19:44 +0200, Thorsten Behrens a écrit : > Charles-H. Schulz wrote: > > I remember we wanted to join the OASIS Consortium :-) > > After checking within the OASIS, it appears the annual membership > > cost for NGO is around 700 Euros (1100 USD). > > > Hi Charles, all, > > w

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: [Libreoffice] Proposal to join Apache OpenOffice

2011-06-15 Thread Davide Dozza
Il 15/06/2011 17:44, Allen Pulsifer ha scritto: > Thorsten Behrens wrote: >> ...you don't discuss e.g. trademark issues on a public list, if you want > to stand a chance actually obtaining it. > > I can see how you might believe this, but I'm not sure it is grounded in > fact or experience. In fa

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: [Libreoffice] Proposal to join Apache OpenOffice

2011-06-15 Thread BRM
It's also not located on _every_ page on the TDF/LO websites. The text I quoted is, and the change I called for would be. Ben - Original Message > From: Jim Jagielski > To: discuss@documentfoundation.org > Sent: Wed, June 15, 2011 11:28:33 AM > Subject: Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: [Libreof

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: [Libreoffice] Proposal to join Apache OpenOffice

2011-06-15 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Allen Pulsifer wrote: > Thorsten Behrens wrote: > > ...you don't discuss e.g. trademark issues on a public list, if you want > to stand a chance actually obtaining it. > > I can see how you might believe this, but I'm not sure it is grounded in > fact or experience. > Hi Allen, oh, I was referring

Re: [steering-discuss] Granting authorization to use the TDF logo for the french local association La Mouette

2011-06-15 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Charles-H. Schulz wrote: > The French Association La Mouette, co-organising the LibreOffice > Conference and representing the french speaking community, is drafting > a pamphlet / brochure to be handed out to some specific audience > (CIOs - CTOs of specific sectors) . La Mouette is asking us the >

RE: [tdf-discuss] Re: [Libreoffice] Proposal to join Apache OpenOffice

2011-06-15 Thread Allen Pulsifer
Thorsten Behrens wrote: > ...you don't discuss e.g. trademark issues on a public list, if you want to stand a chance actually obtaining it. I can see how you might believe this, but I'm not sure it is grounded in fact or experience. In fact, look at where we ended up: - Oracle pulled all resourc

Re: [steering-discuss] Joining the OASIS Consortium

2011-06-15 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Le Wed, 15 Jun 2011 17:19:44 +0200, Thorsten Behrens a écrit : > Charles-H. Schulz wrote: > > I remember we wanted to join the OASIS Consortium :-) > > After checking within the OASIS, it appears the annual membership > > cost for NGO is around 700 Euros (1100 USD). > > > Hi Charles, all, > > w

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: [Libreoffice] Proposal to join Apache OpenOffice

2011-06-15 Thread Jim Jagielski
Maybe it's a language issue, but no, the imprint does nothing at all to make it clear. It simply says, in effect, FroDev wrote the content and they are responsible for the content on the site. It says nothing at all about the legal structure at all. On Jun 15, 2011, at 10:54 AM, Florian Effenberge

[steering-discuss] Granting authorization to use the TDF logo for the french local association La Mouette

2011-06-15 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Hello, The French Association La Mouette, co-organising the LibreOffice Conference and representing the french speaking community, is drafting a pamphlet / brochure to be handed out to some specific audience (CIOs - CTOs of specific sectors) . La Mouette is asking us the authorization to use the f

[tdf-discuss] Re: [Ping Florian] nntp gmane posts to user list still not getting to the list

2011-06-15 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2011-06-15 10:09, plino a écrit : Nabble posts are working. Thanks ;) -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Ping-Florian-nntp-gmane-posts-to-user-list-still-not-getting-to-the-list-tp3061361p3067421.html Sent from the Discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.co

Re: [steering-discuss] Joining the OASIS Consortium

2011-06-15 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Charles-H. Schulz wrote: > I remember we wanted to join the OASIS Consortium :-) > After checking within the OASIS, it appears the annual membership cost > for NGO is around 700 Euros (1100 USD). > Hi Charles, all, wearing my TDF hat here (and not my OASIS one - with that, I'd warmly welcome this

[tdf-discuss] Re: First TDF Advisory Board members demonstrate wide corporate support for LibreOffice

2011-06-15 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2011-06-15 08:54, Volker Merschmann a écrit : Hi, 2011/6/15 klaus-jürgen weghorn ol: I'd like to make a request. It is much, much easier to report on these things quickly if there is a URL in the press release that points to the news. Is it possible in future to include such a URL in the n

Re: [steering-discuss] Joining the OASIS Consortium

2011-06-15 Thread Olivier Hallot
+1. Go ahead. Question: Is ASF in OASIS? (just me as an ignorant sarcastic)... Olivier 2011/6/15 Charles-H. Schulz > Hello, > > I remember we wanted to join the OASIS Consortium :-) > After checking within the OASIS, it appears the annual membership cost > for NGO is around 700 Euros (1100 USD

Re: [steering-discuss] Joining the OASIS Consortium

2011-06-15 Thread Italo Vignoli
On 6/15/11 6:57 PM, Charles-H. Schulz wrote: I would like to ask officially to the SC to approve this membership fee and process to the membership registration process. Sophie Gautier would be the primary contact person, while Thorsten (under Suse flagship) would lead the technical works, at lea

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: [Libreoffice] Proposal to join Apache OpenOffice

2011-06-15 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, BRM wrote on 2011-06-15 15.47: should be updated to reflect the legal reality that while TDF is being setup it is an sub-entity of FroDeV; listing out who specifically owns the trademarks, etc. That would go a long way in saying TDF is or is backed by an actual legal hm, isn't this the exa

[steering-discuss] Joining the OASIS Consortium

2011-06-15 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Hello, I remember we wanted to join the OASIS Consortium :-) After checking within the OASIS, it appears the annual membership cost for NGO is around 700 Euros (1100 USD). I would like to ask officially to the SC to approve this membership fee and process to the membership registration process. S

[tdf-discuss] Re: The Document Foundation background

2011-06-15 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, Mark Wielaard wrote on 2011-06-15 14.34: And if possible please also add a "News from the TDF Blog" widget to the frontpage like already on libreoffice.org. Then it would be immediately clear that The Document Foundation is a lively and active entity. Currently it takes some poking around

[tdf-discuss] Re: [Ping Florian] nntp gmane posts to user list still not getting to the list

2011-06-15 Thread plino
Nabble posts are working. Thanks ;) -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Ping-Florian-nntp-gmane-posts-to-user-list-still-not-getting-to-the-list-tp3061361p3067421.html Sent from the Discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mai

Re: [tdf-discuss] Triple licensing?

2011-06-15 Thread Sigrid Carrera
Hi Sam, On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:27:17 -0400 Sam Ruby wrote: > On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Sigrid Carrera > wrote: > > Hi, > > [...] > > can someone enlighten me please? What is ICLA or a non-CLA? > > I have no idea and would like to know, what you're talking about. > > Here is the ASF's

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: [Libreoffice] Proposal to join Apache OpenOffice

2011-06-15 Thread BRM
- Original Message > From: Florian Effenberger > Greg Stein wrote on 2011-06-14 17.09: > > It is simply that newbie's have NO UNDERSTANDING of this. Florian had > > to explain all the details because they are not on the website. > > I guess the truth lies in between. :-) > > Indeed,

Re: [tdf-discuss] Triple licensing?

2011-06-15 Thread Sam Ruby
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Sigrid Carrera wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:37:15 -0400 > Greg Stein wrote: > >> On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 14:04, Simon Phipps wrote: >> > On 14 Jun 2011, at 18:27, Greg Stein wrote: >> >> For a larger body of work, these kinds of (non-CLA) contributions

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: [Libreoffice] Proposal to join Apache OpenOffice

2011-06-15 Thread Sam Ruby
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Simon Phipps wrote: > May I suggest we "call time"[1] on this discussion please? +1 > S. > > [1] http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Time%20Gentlemen%20Please - Sam Ruby -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Post

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: [Libreoffice] Proposal to join Apache OpenOffice

2011-06-15 Thread Simon Phipps
May I suggest we "call time"[1] on this discussion please? S. [1] http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Time%20Gentlemen%20Please -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List ar

Re: [steering-discuss] grammar mistake in the bylaws

2011-06-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 I think my eyes have been going funny. Regards from Tom :) From: David Nelson To: steering-disc...@documentfoundation.org Sent: Wed, 15 June, 2011 12:47:23 Subject: Re: [steering-discuss] grammar mistake in the bylaws Hi Florian, On Wed, Jun 15, 201

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: [Libreoffice] Proposal to join Apache OpenOffice

2011-06-15 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Jun 14, 2011, at 8:00 PM, Keith Curtis wrote: > \ > I also make more posts because I'm amazed that some "leaders" in our > movement with the pedigree of IBM are actually hindrances. I see a story > worthy of the New York Times. In fact, I have a connection ;-) And I'm surprised that some "lea

Re: [tdf-discuss] First TDF Advisory Board members demonstrate wide corporate support for LibreOffice

2011-06-15 Thread Simon Phipps
On 15 Jun 2011, at 13:54, Volker Merschmann wrote: > So it must be the way blogging->copying the link->pasting to > mail->sending the announcement with the link. Not nice, but possible. In WordPress, the URL is known before publication, so there's no need to blog first. Nice & clean :-) S. -

Re: [tdf-discuss] First TDF Advisory Board members demonstrate wide corporate support for LibreOffice

2011-06-15 Thread Volker Merschmann
Hi, 2011/6/15 klaus-jürgen weghorn ol : > I'd like to make a request. It is much, much easier to report on these things > quickly if there is a URL in the press release that points to the news. > > Is it possible in future to include such a URL in the news item please? Given > you are using Word

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: [Libreoffice] The Document Foundation background

2011-06-15 Thread Mark Wielaard
Hi Florian, On Wed, 2011-06-15 at 11:57 +0200, Florian Effenberger wrote: > Indeed, we seem to lack some comprehensible page directly reachable with > all the details. However, we have been regular announcing status and > facts via e-mail, our blog, social networks, and the donations > ("challe

Re: [tdf-discuss] Triple licensing?

2011-06-15 Thread Sigrid Carrera
Hi, On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:37:15 -0400 Greg Stein wrote: > On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 14:04, Simon Phipps wrote: > > On 14 Jun 2011, at 18:27, Greg Stein wrote: > >> For a larger body of work, these kinds of (non-CLA) contributions > >> become less clear. And without clear provenance, then Apache

Re: [tdf-discuss] First TDF Advisory Board members demonstrate wide corporate support for LibreOffice

2011-06-15 Thread klaus-jürgen weghorn ol
Am 15.06.2011 14:28, schrieb Volker Merschmann: Hi Simon, 2011/6/15 Simon Phipps: I'd like to make a request. It is much, much easier to report on these things quickly if there is a URL in the press release that points to the news. Is it possible in future to include such a URL in the news it

Re: [tdf-discuss] First TDF Advisory Board members demonstrate wide corporate support for LibreOffice

2011-06-15 Thread Simon Phipps
On 15 Jun 2011, at 13:28, Volker Merschmann wrote: > Hi Simon, > > 2011/6/15 Simon Phipps : >> I'd like to make a request. It is much, much easier to report on these >> things quickly if there is a URL in the press release that points to the >> news. >> >> Is it possible in future to include

Re: [tdf-discuss] First TDF Advisory Board members demonstrate wide corporate support for LibreOffice

2011-06-15 Thread Volker Merschmann
Hi Simon, 2011/6/15 Simon Phipps : > I'd like to make a request. It is much, much easier to report on these things > quickly if there is a URL in the press release that points to the news. > > Is it possible in future to include such a URL in the news item please? Given > you are using WordPress

Re: [tdf-discuss] First TDF Advisory Board members demonstrate wide corporate support for LibreOffice

2011-06-15 Thread Simon Phipps
I'd like to make a request. It is much, much easier to report on these things quickly if there is a URL in the press release that points to the news. Is it possible in future to include such a URL in the news item please? Given you are using WordPress to publish the news, it's easy to know the

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: [Libreoffice] Proposal to join Apache OpenOffice

2011-06-15 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi Greg, Greg Stein wrote on 2011-06-14 17.09: It is simply that newbie's have NO UNDERSTANDING of this. Florian had to explain all the details because they are not on the website. I guess the truth lies in between. :-) Indeed, we seem to lack some comprehensible page directly reachable with

[tdf-discuss] First TDF Advisory Board members demonstrate wide corporate support for LibreOffice

2011-06-15 Thread Florian Effenberger
First TDF Advisory Board members demonstrate wide corporate support for LibreOffice Strong backing for a truly free and vendor-neutral office suite The Document Foundation provides solid grounds to build upon The Document Foundation today announced the first members of its Advisory Board: Goog

[tdf-discuss] Re: [Libreoffice] Proposal to join Apache OpenOffice

2011-06-15 Thread plino
Allen Pulsifer wrote: > > creating a new version of the source code and making changes that > they did not contribute back to the official distribution. I think this is the most serious accusation and yet nobody bothered to comment... I'm confused on how a modification can be contributed back i

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: [Libreoffice] Proposal to join Apache OpenOffice

2011-06-15 Thread Cor Nouws
Thorsten Behrens wrote (15-06-11 09:50) Allen Pulsifer wrote: The seeds of that fork were germinated in the Go-Oo project, which created patches and enhancements that were not contributed back to the official OOo distribution. That became a full fork when the LibreOffice project was started by

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: [Libreoffice] Proposal to join Apache OpenOffice

2011-06-15 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Allen Pulsifer wrote: > The seeds of that fork were germinated in the Go-Oo project, which > created patches and enhancements that were not contributed back to > the official OOo distribution. That became a full fork when the > LibreOffice project was started by importing all of the OOo source > c

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: [Ping Florian] nntp gmane posts to user list still not getting to the list

2011-06-15 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, NoOp wrote on 2011-06-15 04.38: What other lists are also affected? all @global.libreoffice.org ones, i.e. the ones previously at @libreoffice.org Florian -- Florian Effenberger Steering Committee and Founding Member of The Document Foundation Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151