OOo - Lines in the sand and pre-determined conclusions...

2011-06-03 Thread Jim Jagielski
Posts such as: http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3935136/LibreOffice-340-Released-as-OpenOffice-Heads-to-Apache.htm certainly don't help. It just reinforces a perceived division as well as almost forcing the "other side" to take a defensive stance. It's a shame.

Re: OOo - Lines in the sand and pre-determined conclusions...

2011-06-03 Thread Simon Phipps
On 3 Jun 2011, at 21:14, Jim Jagielski wrote: > Posts such as: > > > http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3935136/LibreOffice-340-Released-as-OpenOffice-Heads-to-Apache.htm > > certainly don't help. It just reinforces a perceived division > as well as almost forcing the "other

Re: OOo - Lines in the sand and pre-determined conclusions...

2011-06-03 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Jim, all, Long time OpenOffice.org contributor in various areas. Mainly LibreOffice since Sept. 2010. One of the founders there. Now looking at a Thinderbird folder with more than 300 mails, of which I've only read a few up until now :-) Living in The Netherlands, so If I skip in an hour or

Re: OOo - Lines in the sand and pre-determined conclusions...

2011-06-03 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Fri, Jun 03, 2011 at 10:50:43PM +0200, Cor Nouws wrote: > Hi Jim, all, > > I do not understand why that should be a shame. > All I read is explanation of the situation, among which implicitly > an important difference: the copy-left versus non copy-left. That is > a personal style, choice that

Re: OOo - Lines in the sand and pre-determined conclusions...

2011-06-03 Thread Greg Stein
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 16:50, Cor Nouws wrote: >... > Jim Jagielski wrote (03-06-11 22:14) >> >> Posts such as: >> >> >> http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3935136/LibreOffice-340-Released-as-OpenOffice-Heads-to-Apache.htm >> >> certainly don't help. It just reinforces a perceived d

Re: OOo - Lines in the sand and pre-determined conclusions...

2011-06-03 Thread Benson Margulies
Michael is repeating some invariants that he and other LO/TDF people have stated, politely and consistently, since the inception of this discussion. They are committed to copyleft, they see dependencies with copyleft, their vision of OO is copyleft. There's perfect symmetry here: we're making publi

Re: OOo - Lines in the sand and pre-determined conclusions...

2011-06-03 Thread Greg Stein
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 17:57, Benson Margulies wrote: > Michael is repeating some invariants that he and other LO/TDF people > have stated, politely and consistently, since the inception of this > discussion. They are committed to copyleft, they see dependencies with > copyleft, their vision of OO

Re: OOo - Lines in the sand and pre-determined conclusions...

2011-06-03 Thread Cor Nouws
Greg Stein wrote (03-06-11 23:48) On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 16:50, Cor Nouws wrote: I do not understand why that should be a shame. The article portrays Michael as a spokesperson for the LibreOffice community. And then Michael proceeds to denigrate the effort here. It I would not understand

Re: OOo - Lines in the sand and pre-determined conclusions...

2011-06-03 Thread Cor Nouws
Greg Stein wrote (04-06-11 01:10) That is the key difference. general@incubator is not talking to the press. It is an Apache process. Seems logic to me that you do not talk to the press about that (at this stage). Meeks is being interviewed about what's going on around libreOffice. I don't

Re: OOo - Lines in the sand and pre-determined conclusions...

2011-06-03 Thread Ian Lynch
What seems clear is that at least to start with we will have an apache licensed product and a copy left product. Why not just accept this as healthy diversity? On 4 Jun 2011 00:42, "Cor Nouws" wrote: Greg Stein wrote (03-06-11 23:48) > > On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 16:50, Cor Nouws wrote: >> I do

Re: OOo - Lines in the sand and pre-determined conclusions...

2011-06-03 Thread Greg Stein
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 19:49, Cor Nouws wrote: > Greg Stein wrote (04-06-11 01:10) > >> That is the key difference. general@incubator is not talking to the >> press. > > It is an Apache process. Seems logic to me that you do not talk to the press > about that (at this stage). > Meeks is being inte

Re: OOo - Lines in the sand and pre-determined conclusions...

2011-06-03 Thread Ian Lynch
In the long run we are all dead ;-) So let's concentrate on the short run to start with. On 4 Jun 2011 01:24, "Greg Stein" wrote: On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 19:49, Cor Nouws wrote: > Greg Stein wrote (04-06-11 01:1... "However, I do not believe the ASF is likely to provide a good home for the OO.o

Re: OOo - Lines in the sand and pre-determined conclusions...

2011-06-03 Thread Cor Nouws
Greg Stein wrote (04-06-11 02:23) On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 19:49, Cor Nouws wrote: Greg Stein wrote (04-06-11 01:10) That is the key difference. general@incubator is not talking to the press. It is an Apache process. Seems logic to me that you do not talk to the press about that (at this stag

Re: OOo - Lines in the sand and pre-determined conclusions...

2011-06-03 Thread Greg Stein
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 20:36, Cor Nouws wrote: > Greg Stein wrote (04-06-11 02:23) >> On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 19:49, Cor Nouws  wrote: >... >>> I don't see any smack in it. I read he is giving his opinion in a polite >>> manner. (Have seen different quotes from him in the past ..). And also >>> com

Re: OOo - Lines in the sand and pre-determined conclusions...

2011-06-03 Thread robert_weir
Cor Nouws wrote on 06/03/2011 08:36:20 PM: > > (So seeing Robs questionnaire: it won't be easy to get ground for many > positive replies. But of course it is good to try. I even might step in > with some suggestions, that however always tend to fail, since my mind > does not take large corpora

RE: OOo - Lines in the sand and pre-determined conclusions...

2011-06-03 Thread Allen Pulsifer
>> "However, I do not believe the ASF is likely to provide a good home >> for the OO.o project in the long run," Meeks said. When I read that, I also did not see anything offensive. I believe when Michael said that he was thinking of OOo as he knows it, which is a desktop application. The ASF h

Re: OOo - Lines in the sand and pre-determined conclusions...

2011-06-03 Thread Cor Nouws
Greg Stein wrote (04-06-11 02:56) rather than talk bad about Still not get that 'bad' ;-) -- - http://nl.libreoffice.org - giving openoffice.org its foundation :: The Document Foundation - - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general

Re: OOo - Lines in the sand and pre-determined conclusions...

2011-06-04 Thread Cor Nouws
Cor Nouws wrote (04-06-11 01:49) Greg Stein wrote (04-06-11 01:10) That is the key difference. general@incubator is not talking to the press. It is an Apache process. Seems logic to me that you do not talk to the press about that (at this stage). Hmm, got that wrong I see now http://www.net

Re: OOo - Lines in the sand and pre-determined conclusions...

2011-06-04 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Sat, Jun 04, 2011 at 11:52:48AM +0200, Cor Nouws wrote: > > Hmm, got that wrong I see now > http://www.networkworld.com/community/apache-president-jim-jagielski-talks-openoffice-org > > Which is no problem for me, but obviously I misunderstood your > statement about not talking to the press. >

Re: OOo - Lines in the sand and pre-determined conclusions...

2011-06-04 Thread Ian Lynch
On 4 June 2011 11:33, Jim Jagielski wrote: > On Sat, Jun 04, 2011 at 11:52:48AM +0200, Cor Nouws wrote: > > > > Hmm, got that wrong I see now > > > http://www.networkworld.com/community/apache-president-jim-jagielski-talks-openoffice-org > > > > Which is no problem for me, but obviously I misunde

Re: OOo - Lines in the sand and pre-determined conclusions...

2011-06-04 Thread Norbert Thiebaud
On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 5:33 AM, Jim Jagielski wrote: > On Sat, Jun 04, 2011 at 11:52:48AM +0200, Cor Nouws wrote: >> >> Hmm, got that wrong I see now >> http://www.networkworld.com/community/apache-president-jim-jagielski-talks-openoffice-org >> >> Which is no problem for me, but obviously I misun

Re: OOo - Lines in the sand and pre-determined conclusions...

2011-06-04 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Sat, Jun 04, 2011 at 06:19:06AM -0500, Norbert Thiebaud wrote: > Jagielski says what is "typical" for Apache is "building (or even > "_re-building_") communities around those codebases." Which is true. It does not say that TDF is not able to. > ... > He says that makes Apache the perfect place

Re: OOo - Lines in the sand and pre-determined conclusions...

2011-06-04 Thread Ian Lynch
On 4 June 2011 12:19, Norbert Thiebaud wrote: > On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 5:33 AM, Jim Jagielski wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 04, 2011 at 11:52:48AM +0200, Cor Nouws wrote: > >> > >> Hmm, got that wrong I see now > >> > http://www.networkworld.com/community/apache-president-jim-jagielski-talks-openoffice

Re: OOo - Lines in the sand and pre-determined conclusions...

2011-06-04 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Jim, Jim Jagielski wrote (04-06-11 12:33) On Sat, Jun 04, 2011 at 11:52:48AM +0200, Cor Nouws wrote: Hmm, got that wrong I see now http://www.networkworld.com/community/apache-president-jim-jagielski-talks-openoffice-org Which is no problem for me, but obviously I misunderstood your statem

Re: OOo - Lines in the sand and pre-determined conclusions...

2011-06-04 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Jun 4, 2011, at 8:39 AM, Cor Nouws wrote: > Hi Jim, > > Jim Jagielski wrote (04-06-11 12:33) >> On Sat, Jun 04, 2011 at 11:52:48AM +0200, Cor Nouws wrote: >>> >>> Hmm, got that wrong I see now >>> http://www.networkworld.com/community/apache-president-jim-jagielski-talks-openoffice-org >>>

Re: OOo - Lines in the sand and pre-determined conclusions...

2011-06-04 Thread Norbert Thiebaud
On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 6:27 AM, Ian Lynch wrote: > I can see why some might read into those statements implications that > probably were not intended. That is the problem with perspectives :-) I used these quote to illustrate that and to put that in parallel with the complaint about Michael Meeks

Re: OOo - Lines in the sand and pre-determined conclusions...

2011-06-04 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Jim, Jim Jagielski wrote (04-06-11 19:42) I must have significantly misinterpreted the below: "However, I do not believe the ASF is likely to provide a good home for the OO.o project in the long run," Meeks said. "They are sufficiently confident and comfortable with their model that attempt

Re: OOo - Lines in the sand and pre-determined conclusions...

2011-06-06 Thread Michael Meeks
Hi Jim, On Fri, 2011-06-03 at 16:14 -0400, Jim Jagielski wrote: > certainly don't help. It just reinforces a perceived division > as well as almost forcing the "other side" to take a defensive > stance. Hey ho; I see my name being taken intravenously ;-) so the longer quote from a private

RE: OOo - Lines in the sand and pre-determined conclusions...

2011-06-06 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Michael, Conclusion: "I do not believe the ASF is likely to provide a good home for the OO.o project in the long run." Supporting statements: "They are sufficiently confident and comfortable with their model that attempting to negotiate over changing any core aspect of it (such as the non-co

RE: OOo - Lines in the sand and pre-determined conclusions...

2011-06-06 Thread Allen Pulsifer
Noel, I think your labels "Conclusion" and "Supporting statements" are incorrect, and that might explain why you "fail to see how you draw the conclusion from the supporting arguments". The paragraph in question may contain more than one conclusion, and it may contain one or more opinions which t

Re: OOo - Lines in the sand and pre-determined conclusions...

2011-06-06 Thread Cor Nouws
Noel J. Bergman wrote (06-06-11 23:51) Conclusion: "I do not believe the ASF is likely to provide a good home for the OO.o project in the long run." Supporting statements: [...] Supporting explanation ;-) http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/201106.mbox/browser -- -

Re: OOo - Lines in the sand and pre-determined conclusions...

2011-06-06 Thread Cor Nouws
Cor Nouws wrote (07-06-11 00:31) Noel J. Bergman wrote (06-06-11 23:51) Conclusion: "I do not believe the ASF is likely to provide a good home for the OO.o project in the long run." Supporting statements: [...] Supporting explanation ;-) http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-gen

RE: OOo - Lines in the sand and pre-determined conclusions...

2011-06-06 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Cor Nouws wrote: > Noel J. Bergman wrote (06-06-11 23:51) >> Conclusion: >> >> "I do not believe the ASF is likely to provide a good home for the >> OO.o project in the long run." >> >> Supporting statements: >> [...] > > Supporting explanation ;-) > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubat

RE: OOo - Lines in the sand and pre-determined conclusions...

2011-06-06 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Allen Pulsifer wrote: > I think your labels "Conclusion" and "Supporting statements" are incorrect To the contrary, Cor indicates that I nailed the matter quite squarely. --- Noel - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-uns

Re: OOo - Lines in the sand and pre-determined conclusions...

2011-06-06 Thread Simon Phipps
Rather wondering why this is the one thread that won't die... On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 1:03 AM, Noel J. Bergman wrote: > Allen Pulsifer wrote: > > > I think your labels "Conclusion" and "Supporting statements" are > incorrect > > To the contrary, Cor indicates that I nailed the matter quite square

Re: OOo - Lines in the sand and pre-determined conclusions...

2011-06-07 Thread Cor Nouws
Noel J. Bergman wrote (07-06-11 02:03) Michael Meeks: "I do not believe the ASF is likely to provide a good home for the OO.o project in the long run." You: I agree; you draw the same inference that I do: he means that a non-copyleft license is the reason for (predicted eventual) failure. I

Re: OOo - Lines in the sand and pre-determined conclusions...

2011-06-07 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Hello everyone, 2011/6/7 Cor Nouws > Noel J. Bergman wrote (07-06-11 02:03) > > Michael Meeks: > > "I do not believe the ASF is likely to provide a good home for the OO.o project in the long run." >>> > You: > > I agree; you draw the same inference that I do: he means that a >> non-c

RE: OOo - Lines in the sand and pre-determined conclusions...

2011-06-07 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Charles-H. Schulz wrote: > To put an end to speculation on the "TDF is a bunch of extremists > therefore Oracle did not choose them", here's TDF's official statement: > http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2011/06/06/publishing-our-recommendation- to-oracle/ I already pulled from that site, and quo