Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Emmanuel Lecharny
[X] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation (binding). -- Regards, Cordialement, Emmanuel Lécharny www.iktek.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@

Re: [DISCUSSION] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Christian Grobmeier
Ketih, > I think Italo is incorrect saying voting "no" would be a defeat for > free software. It is an honest mistake. People don't know what else > could happen, because alternatives are not being discussed. They have been discussed. Even at this list. We have discussed to say "no" to OOo at the

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Ralph Goers
+1 Ralph On Jun 10, 2011, at 9:02 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: > *** Please change your Subject: line for any [DISCUSSION] of this [VOTE] > > As the discussions on the OpenOfficeProposal threads seem to be winding down, > I would like to initiate the vote to accept OpenOffice.org as an Apache > Incub

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Julien Vermillard
+1 (binding) On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 6:44 AM, ant elder wrote: > I'm an Incubator PMC member so have a binding vote, but I'm also an > IBM employee, on this vote I abstain. > >   ...ant > > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: >> *** Please change your Subject: line for any [DISCUSSI

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread ant elder
I'm an Incubator PMC member so have a binding vote, but I'm also an IBM employee, on this vote I abstain. ...ant On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: > *** Please change your Subject: line for any [DISCUSSION] of this [VOTE] > > As the discussions on the OpenOfficeProposal threads

Re: [DISCUSSION] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Keith Curtis
> Maybe the "people from LibreOffice" are not voting against because, even > though they believe there could have been better solutions, given the > current situation they prefer that OOo is approved as a podling: see > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.documentfoundation.discuss/5824 for > a mor

Re: Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Sanjiva Weerawarana
I have been active before :). So the vote is binding. Sanjiva. On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:42 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: > On 6/10/2011 12:04 PM, Sanjiva Weerawarana wrote: > > > > (Officially I'm on the incubator PMC I believe but I have not been active > .. > > so lets chalk this up for non

Re: [DISCUSSION] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Andrea Pescetti
On 10/06/2011 Keith Curtis wrote: > P.S. I don't see many from LibreOffice voting against this proposal, so I > joined again to vote on their behalf. Maybe the "people from LibreOffice" are not voting against because, even though they believe there could have been better solutions, given the curre

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread James Kosin
On 2:59 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: > Please cast your votes: > > [ ] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation > [ ] +0 Indifferent to OpenOffice.org incubation > [ ] -1 Reject OpenOffice.org for incubation > > This vote will close 72 hours from now. +1 Glad and Good Luck! ---

Re: Request: Can "proposed committers" introduce themselves?

2011-06-10 Thread Kazunari Hirano
Hi Rob, Thanks. > But as you know, translation is only one part of localization.  I hope > that with your participation, and with help from RedOffice experts who > have joined this project, that we can further improve the CJK support in > OOo. You are right! This is what I would like to help dev

Re: Request: Can "proposed committers" introduce themselves?

2011-06-10 Thread Simon Brouwer
Hi all, My name is Simon Brouwer. For my profession, I develop electronics and firmware for auto-ID equipment such as hand-held data collection terminals. In my free time I have been active in OpenOffice.org since 2001 and have been project lead of the Dutch native-lang subproject since its b

Re: OpenOffice.org dependencies at runtime. was: Re: OO/LO License + Why LO needs the AFL 2.0 to exist (quickly)

2011-06-10 Thread Andrea Pescetti
On 05/06/2011 Nick Kew wrote: > On 5 Jun 2011, at 09:25, eric b wrote: > > Apologies, the most up to date information is here : > > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/External/Modules > Thanks for that. > Looks like there's some LGPL stuff but no strong copyleft. Most dictionaries are missin

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Ate Douma
+1 (binding) Ate - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Carl Marcum
+1 (non-binding) Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation Best regards, Carl - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Daniel Shahaf
Mark Struberg wrote on Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 23:09:21 +0100: > PS: I fear there is a misunderstanding regarding binding vs non-binding > votes. Binding votes can only be cast by a IncubatorPMC member [1]. But of > course, also non-binding +1 are welcome ;) > I'm going to be less roundabout: Rom

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Kevan Miller
On Jun 10, 2011, at 12:02 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: > > As the discussions on the OpenOfficeProposal threads seem to be winding down, > I would like to initiate the vote to accept OpenOffice.org as an Apache > Incubator project. > > At the end of this mail, I've put a copy of the current proposal.

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Alexandro Colorado
+1 On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 11:02 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: > *** Please change your Subject: line for any [DISCUSSION] of this [VOTE] > > As the discussions on the OpenOfficeProposal threads seem to be winding > down, I would like to initiate the vote to accept OpenOffice.org as an > Apache Incubator

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Mark Struberg
I think we should give it a try. +1 (binding) LieGrue, strub PS: I fear there is a misunderstanding regarding binding vs non-binding votes. Binding votes can only be cast by a IncubatorPMC member [1]. But of course, also non-binding +1 are welcome ;) [1] http://people.apache.org/committers-b

Re: Request: Can "proposed committers" introduce themselves?

2011-06-10 Thread Simon Brouwer
Hi Malte, great to have you on board :) Best regards Simon Op 10-6-2011 18:16, Malte Timmermann schreef: Hi, my name is Malte Timmermann, and I work on the code base of OpenOffice.org since 1991 - almost from the beginning. It started with StarDivision, later acquired by Sun, later acquire

Re: This list is for how not why?

2011-06-10 Thread Kazunari Hirano
Hi Kevin and Allen, Thanks! I see ! "podling" is an Apache's coinage. It means "a project in the incubation stage." Very clear. Now I can tell my Japanese friends all about OpenOffice.org going into ASF :) I was looking for "podle" in my dictionary but I couldn't find it, it's natural :) "pod

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread florent andré
[ X ] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation non-binding - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org

RE: This list is for how not why?

2011-06-10 Thread Allen Pulsifer
Greetings khirano, > Can you tell me what "podling" is? "podling" is a made up (meaning invented) word that the ASF uses to refer to a project in the incubation stage. The word "podling" is formed by the root word "pod" (which should be in your dictionary) and the suffix "-ling" which means "sma

Re: This list is for how not why?

2011-06-10 Thread Kevin Lau
>Can you tell me what "podling" is? http://www.apache.org/foundation/glossary.html#Podling HTH -- Kevin

Re: This list is for how not why?

2011-06-10 Thread Kazunari Hirano
Hi Ross and Greg, Thanks. Can you tell me what "podling" is? I could not find "podling" in my English-Japanese dictionary. Should be between "podium" and "podocarpus," right? :) Thanks, khirano - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general

Comment: Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Andy Brown
Keith Curtis wrote: -1 My list of 44 reasons is here: http://keithcu.com/wordpress/?p=2567 To boil it down to one: this plan as announced had several big flaws, and they still exist. Kind regards, -Keith P.S. I don't see many from LibreOffice voting against this proposal, so I joined again t

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Phil Steitz
-1 I do not think that accepting this podling is in the best interest of the ASF. Absent explicit criteria / principles governing what we accept into the Incubator, I have to apply informal judgment here and I am voting -1 for the following reasons: 0) I think the ASF has a responsibility to co

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread eric b
Hi, [ +1 ] (non binding) Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation Thanks ! Eric Bachard -- qɔᴉɹə Education Project: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Education_Project Projet OOo4Kids : http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/Main_Page L'association EducOOo : http://www.educoo.org Blog : http://

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Ross Gardler
+1 (binding) Sent from my mobile device (so please excuse typos) On 10 Jun 2011, at 17:02, Sam Ruby wrote: > *** Please change your Subject: line for any [DISCUSSION] of this [VOTE] > > As the discussions on the OpenOfficeProposal threads seem to be winding down, > I would like to initiate th

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Kazunari Hirano
+1 (Non-binding) Thanks, Kazunari Hirano - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Stefan Seelmann
-0 (binding) My concerns: - It wasn't the community that wanted to join Apache but commercial entities decided and now the community is forced to join or stay away - The OOo code base, eco system, and user base is huge and should be managed by its own foundation - A copy-left license fits well for

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Keith Curtis
-1 My list of 44 reasons is here: http://keithcu.com/wordpress/?p=2567 To boil it down to one: this plan as announced had several big flaws, and they still exist. Kind regards, -Keith P.S. I don't see many from LibreOffice voting against this proposal, so I joined again to vote on their behalf

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Mladen Turk
[x] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation On 06/10/2011 06:02 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: *** Please change your Subject: line for any [DISCUSSION] of this [VOTE] Please cast your votes: [ ] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation [ ] +0 Indifferent to OpenOffice.org incubation [ ] -1 Reject OpenOf

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/06/10 10:02 AM Sam Ruby wrote: [ ] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation [ ] +0 Indifferent to OpenOffice.org incubation [ ] -1 Reject OpenOffice.org for incubation +1 (Non-binding) -- _ Larry I. Gusaas Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada Website: htt

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Jochen Wiedmann
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: > [  ] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation > [  ] +0 Indifferent to OpenOffice.org incubation > [  ] -1 Reject OpenOffice.org for incubation +1 (Non-binding) -- Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the

[VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
[X] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation (non-binding) Comment: While I favor focusing on the reference implementation for ODF, as my previous comments reflect, I believe that and related scope decisions about releases and deployment are a matter for the podling to work through. -

Re: Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 6/10/2011 2:04 PM, Daniel Shahaf wrote: > > Please. Being on a PMC can't *reduce* one's rights. > > So, if I were on the PMC and I said "+1 (intentionally non-binding)", > I would expect it not to be counted as binding. Then state "I would vote +1 but haven't spent sufficient time reviewing

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Jomar Silva
+1 (non-binding) Best, Jomar Silva - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Stephan Bergmann
+1 (non-binding) -Stephan

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Jukka Zitting
Hi, [ x ] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation (binding) Good luck! May the source be with you. BR, Jukka Zitting - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-

Re: Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Daniel Shahaf
William A. Rowe Jr. wrote on Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 12:12:54 -0500: > On 6/10/2011 12:04 PM, Sanjiva Weerawarana wrote: > > > > (Officially I'm on the incubator PMC I believe but I have not been active .. > > so lets chalk this up for non-binding.) > > Then you just cast a binding vote. Feel free

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread dsh
[ X ] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation (non-binding) [ ] +0 Indifferent to OpenOffice.org incubation [ ] -1 Reject OpenOffice.org for incubation Cheers Daniel On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: > *** Please change your Subject: line for any [DISCUSSION] of this [VOTE] > >

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Craig L Russell
+1 There are many reasons that this project might fail at Apache. These reasons have been brought up and discussed enough that I feel comfortable giving the project the chance to prove that it can be successful. Craig On Jun 10, 2011, at 9:02 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: *** Please change your S

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Luciano Resende
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 9:02 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: > *** Please change your Subject: line for any [DISCUSSION] of this [VOTE] > > As the discussions on the OpenOfficeProposal threads seem to be winding > down, I would like to initiate the vote to accept OpenOffice.org as an > Apache Incubator projec

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Greg Stein
On Jun 10, 2011 9:03 AM, "Sam Ruby" wrote: >... > [ ] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation > [ ] +0 Indifferent to OpenOffice.org incubation > [ ] -1 Reject OpenOffice.org for incubation +1 (binding)

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Guillaume Nodet
-0 (binding) I concur with Sanjiva and it seems to be just a political move to me. On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 19:04, Sanjiva Weerawarana wrote: > -1, as I feel this is not in the best interests of the world but rather of a > few powers. > > (Officially I'm on the incubator PMC I believe but I have

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Donald Whytock
+1 (non-binding) On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 2:33 PM, Yegor Kozlov wrote: > +1 > > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 8:02 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: >> *** Please change your Subject: line for any [DISCUSSION] of this [VOTE] >> >> As the discussions on the OpenOfficeProposal threads seem to be winding >> down, I wou

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Yegor Kozlov
+1 On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 8:02 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: > *** Please change your Subject: line for any [DISCUSSION] of this [VOTE] > > As the discussions on the OpenOfficeProposal threads seem to be winding > down, I would like to initiate the vote to accept OpenOffice.org as an > Apache Incubator pr

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Marcel Offermans
+1 (binding) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Mike Edwards
+1 On 10/06/2011 17:02, Sam Ruby wrote: *** Please change your Subject: line for any [DISCUSSION] of this [VOTE] As the discussions on the OpenOfficeProposal threads seem to be winding down, I would like to initiate the vote to accept OpenOffice.org as an Apache Incubator project. At the end

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Scott Deboy
+1 (binding) On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Roman H. Gelbort wrote: > El 10/06/11 14:17, Roman H. Gelbort escribió: > > +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation > > > and binding > > -- > > --- > Prof. Román H.

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Andy Brown
+1 (non-binding) Andy Brown - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Roman H. Gelbort
El 10/06/11 14:17, Roman H. Gelbort escribió: > +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation > and binding -- --- Prof. Román H. Gelbort No busquemos aplicaciones que reemplacen aplicaciones, sino aplicaciones que res

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Jim Jagielski
+1 binding, of course... On Jun 10, 2011, at 12:08 PM, Jim Jagielski wrote: > [+1] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: g

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Leif Hedstrom
+1 (binding) Cheers! -- Leif - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org

RE: FSF Statement on OpenOffice.org's move to Apache

2011-06-10 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Andrew Rist wrote: > I would also point out that this is not a case of moving from Copy Left > to Permissive licensing. In this case, the code base is moving from > dual-licensing (Copy Left and Proprietary) to Permissive. I made the same point elsewhere. Also, while I appreciate clarification

RE: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Noel J. Bergman
+1 --- Noel - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Simos Xenitellis
> Please cast your votes: > > [ ] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation > [ ] +0 Indifferent to OpenOffice.org incubation > [ ] -1 Reject OpenOffice.org for incubation > -1 (non-binding) This proposal is for the hosting of all OpenOffice.org services by the ASF, and mandates for items such a

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
+1 -louis On 2011-06-10 13:41 , Sander van der Waal wrote: >> Please cast your votes: >> >> [ ] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation >> [ ] +0 Indifferent to OpenOffice.org incubation >> [ ] -1 Reject OpenOffice.org for incubation >> > > +1 (non-binding) > > Sander > --

Re: Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Davanum Srinivas
Counters typically check the names against the pmc roster, so it's ok -- dims On 06/10/2011 01:38 PM, Christian Grobmeier wrote: > Yes, me too. > > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Benson Margulies > wrote: >> I forgot to add (binding) to my +1, but I don't think I'm alone. >> >> On Fri, Jun 1

RE: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Sander van der Waal
> Please cast your votes: > > [ ] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation > [ ] +0 Indifferent to OpenOffice.org incubation > [ ] -1 Reject OpenOffice.org for incubation > +1 (non-binding) Sander - To unsubscribe, e-mail: gene

Re: Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Christian Grobmeier
Yes, me too. On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Benson Margulies wrote: > I forgot to add (binding) to my +1, but I don't think I'm alone. > > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 1:12 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. > wrote: >> On 6/10/2011 12:04 PM, Sanjiva Weerawarana wrote: >>> >>> (Officially I'm on the incubator

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Andrew Rist
+1 (non-binding) Please cast your votes: [ ] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation [ ] +0 Indifferent to OpenOffice.org incubation [ ] -1 Reject OpenOffice.org for incubation - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr..

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 12:02:44PM -0400, Sam Ruby wrote: > [ ] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation > [ ] +0 Indifferent to OpenOffice.org incubation > [ ] -1 Reject OpenOffice.org for incubation +1 (binding) Marvin Humphrey ---

Re: [DISCUSSION] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 05:45:03PM +0100, Simon Phipps wrote: > For us outsiders, can you explain who is allowed to vote and in what way, > please? Official policy: http://incubator.apache.org/incubation/Incubation_Policy.html#Entry+to+Incubation Entry Into Incubation ... In order

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Roman H. Gelbort
+1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation -- --- Prof. Román H. Gelbort No busquemos aplicaciones que reemplacen aplicaciones, sino aplicaciones que resuelvan problemas específicos... http://www.piensalibre.com.ar

Re: Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Benson Margulies
I forgot to add (binding) to my +1, but I don't think I'm alone. On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 1:12 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: > On 6/10/2011 12:04 PM, Sanjiva Weerawarana wrote: >> >> (Officially I'm on the incubator PMC I believe but I have not been active .. >> so lets chalk this up for non-bind

Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 6/10/2011 12:04 PM, Sanjiva Weerawarana wrote: > > (Officially I'm on the incubator PMC I believe but I have not been active .. > so lets chalk this up for non-binding.) Then you just cast a binding vote. Feel free to change it, or withdraw it, but the committee roster determines which binds.

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Karl Pauls
+1 (binding) regards, Karl On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 7:06 PM, Richard S. Hall wrote: > +1 > > -> richard > > On 6/10/11 12:02, Sam Ruby wrote: >> >> *** Please change your Subject: line for any [DISCUSSION] of this [VOTE] >> >> As the discussions on the OpenOfficeProposal threads seem to be windi

Re: [DISCUSSION] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 6/10/2011 11:45 AM, Simon Phipps wrote: > For us outsiders, can you explain who is allowed to vote and in what way, > please? Everyone is welcome to vote. Binding votes include all Incubator Project Management Committee members. Non-binding votes can and do influence the opinions of committee

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Richard S. Hall
+1 -> richard On 6/10/11 12:02, Sam Ruby wrote: *** Please change your Subject: line for any [DISCUSSION] of this [VOTE] As the discussions on the OpenOfficeProposal threads seem to be winding down, I would like to initiate the vote to accept OpenOffice.org as an Apache Incubator project.

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Sam Ruby
[X] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation - Sam Ruby - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Sanjiva Weerawarana
-1, as I feel this is not in the best interests of the world but rather of a few powers. (Officially I'm on the incubator PMC I believe but I have not been active .. so lets chalk this up for non-binding.) Sanjiva. On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 9:32 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: > *** Please change your Subje

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Phillip Rhodes
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: > > > Please cast your votes: > > [X ] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation > [ ] +0 Indifferent to OpenOffice.org incubation > [ ] -1 Reject OpenOffice.org for incubation > > This vote will close 72 hours from now. > > (non-binding) Phil

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Damjan Jovanovic
+1 non-binding On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: > *** Please change your Subject: line for any [DISCUSSION] of this [VOTE] > > As the discussions on the OpenOfficeProposal threads seem to be winding > down, I would like to initiate the vote to accept OpenOffice.org as an > Apache

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Danese Cooper
Sorry, should have said +1 [binding] On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Danese Cooper wrote: > Please cast your votes: > > [ +1 ] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation > > Danese >

Re: [DISCUSSION] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Ian Lynch
On 10 June 2011 17:49, Davanum Srinivas wrote: > Simon, > > Anyone interested can VOTE. If u see some of the votes they have > "(binding)" in the text, those are from folks on the incubator pmc. > Ultimately if we see a whole bunch of -1's then we check which way the > pmc voted to decide if the

Re: [DISCUSSION] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Davanum Srinivas
binding is used by members of the incubator pmc [1] -- dims [1] http://people.apache.org/committers-by-project.html#incubator-pmc On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Ian Lynch wrote: > Sorry for ignorance but what does binding - non-binding mean? > > -- > Ian > > Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Simon Phipps
+1 (non-binding) S.

Re: [DISCUSSION] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Ian Lynch
Sorry for ignorance but what does binding - non-binding mean? -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications (The Schools ITQ) www.theINGOTs.org +44 (0)1827 305940 The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and

Re: [DISCUSSION] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Simon Phipps
Awesome, thanks. On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 5:48 PM, Alexei Fedotov wrote: > Anyone is allowed to vote. If you vote against, please, explain why. > Most of votes do not count anyway, negative votes are usually > addressed. > > -- > With best regards / с наилучшими пожеланиями, > Alexei Fedotov / Але

Re: [DISCUSSION] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Davanum Srinivas
Simon, Anyone interested can VOTE. If u see some of the votes they have "(binding)" in the text, those are from folks on the incubator pmc. Ultimately if we see a whole bunch of -1's then we check which way the pmc voted to decide if the proposal was accepted or not. So please go ahead and vote t

Re: [DISCUSSION] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Alexei Fedotov
Anyone is allowed to vote. If you vote against, please, explain why. Most of votes do not count anyway, negative votes are usually addressed. -- With best regards / с наилучшими пожеланиями, Alexei Fedotov / Алексей Федотов, http://dataved.ru/ +7 916 562 8095 On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 8:45 PM, S

Re: [DISCUSSION] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Simon Phipps
For us outsiders, can you explain who is allowed to vote and in what way, please? S.

Re: OpenOffice patent issues (was Remediation ...)

2011-06-10 Thread Sam Ruby
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 12:28 PM, Allen Pulsifer wrote: > > The net result of these issues are that project participants may have > differing opinions on whether they want to either (a) include code for a > possible patented technology or (b) include code to work around a > potentially patented te

RE: OpenOffice patent issues (was Remediation ...)

2011-06-10 Thread Allen Pulsifer
> Sam wrote: > Before proceeding, I would like to seek advice from our counsel.  I also want to proceed based > on specific patent infringement concerns and not on abstract hypotheticals.  However, I don't > want to spend valuable time on this until we decide whether or not to accept this project f

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Dave Fisher
[X] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation Non-binding. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Davanum Srinivas
[X] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation (binding) On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 12:20 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: > On 6/10/2011 11:02 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: >> >> Please cast your votes: >> >> [  ] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation > > +1 [binding] > > ---

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Alexei Fedotov
+1 (non-binding) -- With best regards / с наилучшими пожеланиями, Alexei Fedotov / Алексей Федотов, http://dataved.ru/ +7 916 562 8095 On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 8:20 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: > On 6/10/2011 11:02 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: >> >> Please cast your votes: >> >> [  ] +1 Accept OpenOff

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 6/10/2011 11:02 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: > > Please cast your votes: > > [ ] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation +1 [binding] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Bill Stoddard
[X] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation On 6/10/11 12:02 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: *** Please change your Subject: line for any [DISCUSSION] of this [VOTE] As the discussions on the OpenOfficeProposal threads seem to be winding down, I would like to initiate the vote to accept OpenOffice.org as

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Danese Cooper
Please cast your votes: [ +1 ] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation Danese

Re: Request: Can "proposed committers" introduce themselves?

2011-06-10 Thread Malte Timmermann
Hi, my name is Malte Timmermann, and I work on the code base of OpenOffice.org since 1991 - almost from the beginning. It started with StarDivision, later acquired by Sun, later acquired by Oracle. While still being an Oracle employee, my engagement here will be on an individual base. Amon

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Nick Burch
On Fri, 10 Jun 2011, Sam Ruby wrote: Please cast your votes: I'm +1 If accepted, I'll try to help out with the podling, but alas I've not got time at the moment to take on a full mentorship role of it. Nick - To unsubscrib

Re: FSF Statement on OpenOffice.org's move to Apache

2011-06-10 Thread Andrew Rist
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Volker Merschmann wrote: Some fundamental comments about the license have been written down by the FSF: http://www.fsf.org/news/openoffice-apache-libreoffice That's worthy of a new subject line. While the first line of the first paragraph is inaccurate (we ha

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Jim Jagielski
[+1] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation On Jun 10, 2011, at 12:02 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: > *** Please change your Subject: line for any [DISCUSSION] of this [VOTE] > > As the discussions on the OpenOfficeProposal threads seem to be winding down, > I would like to initiate the vote to accept

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Christian Grobmeier
+1 On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: > *** Please change your Subject: line for any [DISCUSSION] of this [VOTE] > > As the discussions on the OpenOfficeProposal threads seem to be winding > down, I would like to initiate the vote to accept OpenOffice.org as an > Apache Incubator pr

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Benson Margulies
+1 On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: > *** Please change your Subject: line for any [DISCUSSION] of this [VOTE] > > As the discussions on the OpenOfficeProposal threads seem to be winding > down, I would like to initiate the vote to accept OpenOffice.org as an > Apache Incubator

[VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Sam Ruby
*** Please change your Subject: line for any [DISCUSSION] of this [VOTE] As the discussions on the OpenOfficeProposal threads seem to be winding down, I would like to initiate the vote to accept OpenOffice.org as an Apache Incubator project. At the end of this mail, I've put a copy of the cur

Re: Remediation ...

2011-06-10 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Jun 10, 2011, at 11:47 AM, Volker Merschmann wrote: >> > Some fundamental comments about the license have been written down by > the FSF: http://www.fsf.org/news/openoffice-apache-libreoffice > As posted on the discuss@ list... So what? It would be trivially easy for someone here to post a

FSF Statement on OpenOffice.org's move to Apache

2011-06-10 Thread Sam Ruby
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Volker Merschmann wrote: >> > Some fundamental comments about the license have been written down by > the FSF: http://www.fsf.org/news/openoffice-apache-libreoffice That's worthy of a new subject line. While the first line of the first paragraph is inaccurate (w

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