Re: OpenOffice status

2012-10-03 Thread Sam Ruby
rticipants in the Open Document Formats ecosystem. > For this reason, I am generally in favour of graduation at this time. +1 - Sam Ruby

Re: What is a good Project Management Committee member?

2012-09-06 Thread Sam Ruby
lo sometimes, but at other times you might be playing > harmony or even have a rest. +1. I will go further and state that I don't believe that this project is quite there yet. - Sam Ruby

Stop driving people away (was: [PROPOSAL] Create ooo-l...@incubator.apache.org)

2012-07-03 Thread Sam Ruby
On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 1:16 AM, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: > On 7/3/12 4:09 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: >> On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Rob Weir wrote: >>> >>> Your loss. >> >> I encourage you to rethink that response. > > And I would like to encourage peopl

Re: [PROPOSAL] Create ooo-l...@incubator.apache.org

2012-07-02 Thread Sam Ruby
On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > > Your loss. I encourage you to rethink that response. - Sam Ruby

Re: Next steps for Symphony and AOO

2012-06-27 Thread Sam Ruby
On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 7:49 PM, Pedro Giffuni wrote: > > It's really disappointing to see uninformed people give > opinions about things they evidently don't understand. I can't resist :-) http://xkcd.com/386/ - Sam Ruby

Re: [Spi-private] OpenOffice funds

2012-06-20 Thread Sam Ruby
confident that we will receive these funds, and we have sufficient funds to manage any 'float', so feel free to plan accordingly. > Louis - Sam Ruby

Re: [Spi-private] OpenOffice funds

2012-06-19 Thread Sam Ruby
On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Donald Harbison wrote: > > Wolf, have the funds been received by Fundraising@ ? The funds have not been received. If it would help if we sent out an invoice, let me know (off-list) what should be on the invoice, and I will generate one. - Sam Ruby

Re: *DRAFT* June board report...please help

2012-06-05 Thread Sam Ruby
an event. If so, that would be ideal, as that would increase the chance of the request being approved. - Sam Ruby

Re: Clarification on treatment of "weak copyleft" components

2011-10-20 Thread Sam Ruby
. > Any suggestions? > > Note that in some cases, these dependencies have no reasonable > alternatives.  For example, if we want to integrate with Mozilla's > address book for supporting mail merging in memos, then we need to use > the interface that Mozilla has defined, with the library they provide, > which is naturally MPL. Any reason such integration couldn't be an option? > -Rob - Sam Ruby

Re: License implications of build-time or test-time dependencies?

2011-10-20 Thread Sam Ruby
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 4:37 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: >> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Pedro Giffuni wrote: >>> Hmm ... >>> We have discussed some of the things that must be replaced but we have not >>>

Re: License implications of build-time or test-time dependencies?

2011-10-20 Thread Sam Ruby
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Pedro Giffuni wrote: > Hmm ... > We have discussed some of the things that must be replaced but we have not > drawn a roadmap about it beyond the initial migration list. I think we will > have to open BZ issues for those. > > The gtk/qt issue is rather critcal:

Re: An example of the license problems we're going to face

2011-08-31 Thread Sam Ruby
previously didn't notice that this clause was in CC-By 2.0 that that means that CC-by 3.0 is OK. It might be that the way we decide to fix that bug is to remove CC-By 2.0 from the list. >  - Dennis - Sam Ruby

Re: Donated hardware (was: Mac buildbot)

2011-08-04 Thread Sam Ruby
pache host such systems? At the moment, all we have is a Software Grant. While we could chose to go back and ask for me (and likely will when it comes to other source files that we determine we might need), I see nothing that indicates that we have a need to request the transfer of hardware. As to the question as to whether or not such hardware is Oracle's property, I have no opinion on the topic. > S. - Sam Ruby

Re: Legality of ooo-archive apache git repository

2011-07-25 Thread Sam Ruby
of "incompatible licensed code" on Apache Infrastructure? I fully understand the short term need during incubation, but what is the intended purpose of this code post graduation? > ++ > > [1] after this first import we gradually import other stuff from hg or git > with classical branching / merging. - Sam Ruby

Re: ICU

2011-07-20 Thread Sam Ruby
ntime of their choice. If anybody here feels that additional clarity is required on this point, simply open an issue: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL >        ATB, > >                Michael. > > [1] - http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gcc-exception.html > [2] - http://osdir.com/ml/java.harmony.devel/2005-12/msg00063.html - Sam Ruby

Re: Planet Apache, Planet OpenOffice, etc.

2011-07-19 Thread Sam Ruby
n needed is in the OPML file posted on that site, the only other thing which would be helpful is the template (skin) used. > (There is also an OpenOffice User Experience Planet [5] but it gets > very little traffic, so we might merge it into [4]) - Sam Ruby > [1] http://blogs.apache.

Re: A first try to remove some copyleft components from the build

2011-07-18 Thread Sam Ruby
nicer - please go for it. I never got when to use "yes/no" or > "true/false" in our configure.in. :-) If I read this correctly, you have this switch backwards. Copyleft needs to be opt-in, not opt-out. - Sam Ruby

Re: [DISCUSS] Project + PPMC Growing Pains

2011-07-18 Thread Sam Ruby
e participants in this project can demonstrate they they are able to work out these things on their own, the sooner this project can graduate. >  - Dennis - Sam Ruby

Re: [DISCUSS] Project + PPMC Growing Pains

2011-07-18 Thread Sam Ruby
t something the PPMC should be expecting someone *else* (mentors, board, whomever) to be doing for this project, this is something that the members of the project should be actively doing. > Ross - Sam Ruby

Re: [DISCUSS] Project + PPMC Growing Pains

2011-07-17 Thread Sam Ruby
ding in patches. This may be easier once there is actual code in the repository. - Sam Ruby

Re: OpenOffice.org (was Re: Ooo blog)

2011-07-13 Thread Sam Ruby
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Simon Phipps wrote: > > On 13 Jul 2011, at 15:10, Sam Ruby wrote: > >> On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 9:33 AM, Simon Phipps wrote: >>> >>> On 13 Jul 2011, at 14:29, Sam Ruby wrote: >>> >>>> On Wed, Jul 13, 2011

Re: OpenOffice.org (was Re: Ooo blog)

2011-07-13 Thread Sam Ruby
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 9:33 AM, Simon Phipps wrote: > > On 13 Jul 2011, at 14:29, Sam Ruby wrote: > >> On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Simon Phipps wrote: >>> >>> On 13 Jul 2011, at 12:55, Sam Ruby wrote: >>> >>>> If a project d

Re: OpenOffice.org (was Re: Ooo blog)

2011-07-13 Thread Sam Ruby
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Simon Phipps wrote: > > On 13 Jul 2011, at 12:55, Sam Ruby wrote: > >> If a project decides to create a canonical place to find things like >> extensions and templates then we will expect the (P)PMC to demonstrate >> active oversight

Re: OpenOffice.org (was Re: Ooo blog)

2011-07-13 Thread Sam Ruby
CopyLeft (e.g. AGPL3) and proprietary products are fine to the extent that they are consistent with our status as a non-profit (the former is not a problem, the latter may or may not be depending on the kind and extent of the links). If a project decides to create a canonical place to find things like extensions and templates then we will expect the (P)PMC to demonstrate active oversight of that repository. > Regards, > Dave - Sam Ruby

Re: OpenOffice.org (was Re: Ooo blog)

2011-07-12 Thread Sam Ruby
e input from ASF Counsel. > Best Regards, > Dave > > >> >> D >> >> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 8:52 AM, Dave Fisher wrote: >> >>> Yes, exactly! >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Jul 12, 2011

Re: OpenOffice.org (was Re: Ooo blog)

2011-07-12 Thread Sam Ruby
Apache members. > > Sorry, I am out of pocket and this thread is so long. Basically she is > talking about consulting one of the ASF's attorney's regarding the names and > brand dilution issues from a legal standpoint. You are likely referring to this post then: http://s.apache.org/

Re: OpenOffice.org (was Re: Ooo blog)

2011-07-12 Thread Sam Ruby
decisions will need to be made, and what are the todos? Many ASF projects track things like this by the creation of a simple file named STATUS in svn. Alternately, this could be placed on a wiki page. > -Rob - Sam Ruby

Re: ooo-dev list subscriber stats?

2011-07-08 Thread Sam Ruby
...@openoffice.org - there have been approximately > 130 emails since June 24. Not a very high volume I haven't seen anything > regarding Apache OOo. > > Regards, > Dave - Sam Ruby

Re: OOO and LibreOffice.

2011-07-07 Thread Sam Ruby
wice. We may instead want > to encourage new Apache volunteers who want to join the development activity > but need to learn how everything works to create patches that mirror the > cleanup at LO, as a route to learning about AOOo. I encourage everybody who considers doing this to read sections 5 and 7 of the ICLA: http://www.apache.org/licenses/icla.txt > S. - Sam Ruby

Re: Scope of Apache license: what needs to be covered?

2011-06-28 Thread Sam Ruby
nt with this group, which includes yourself and possibly (depending on what is proposed) Legal Affairs. > Thanks! > > --Jean - Sam Ruby > On Tue, 2011-06-28 at 12:58 -0400, Sam Ruby wrote: >> On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Rob Weir wrote: >> > >> > 1) Are the

Re: Category B licenses

2011-06-28 Thread Sam Ruby
, for the purpose of Legal Affairs, I'd recommend focusing first on the requirement to provide source to various constituencies. Once those basic needs are met, follow up with requests for pre-packaged binaries. It may turn out that certain combinations we leave to others. That's OK too. > confused, >  michael - Sam Ruby

Re: Differences between OOO and LibreOffice.

2011-06-28 Thread Sam Ruby
There are now (or soon will be) two actively maintained branches of this common code base. >> Norbert - Sam Ruby

Re: Scope of Apache license: what needs to be covered?

2011-06-28 Thread Sam Ruby
p in the discussion, but those would be areas I would seek to provide concrete answers to before posting to legal-discuss. > I'm not arguing that #1 or #2 is a good idea or not.  But some > conversations seem to be leading to these directions, so I think it is > worth clarifying exactly what is allowed. > > Thanks! > > -Rob - Sam Ruby

Re: ODF Toolkit Incubation Pre-Proposal

2011-06-27 Thread Sam Ruby
m or a truncation of a Japanese word. > :) The original acronym was intended as a joke: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_POI#History_and_roadmap > Thanks, > khirano - Sam Ruby

Re: CORRECTION [REQUEST] Initial Committers Please Confirm PPMC Participation.

2011-06-25 Thread Sam Ruby
On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Wolf Halton wrote: > Hi, > I have not gotten a reply from my icla yet,  I don't think. I will sign up > to the list next week. I see no emails from you to secret...@apache.org. If you sent it via postal mail, it has yet to be received. > Than

Re: [REQUEST] Initial Committers Please Confirm PPMC Participation.

2011-06-25 Thread Sam Ruby
t email address, please update MailAlias.txt first: http://s.apache.org/MailAlias Only committers can update that file. > Regards, > >  - Dennis - Sam Ruby [1] http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/OpenOfficeProposal?action=recall&rev=207 > -Original Message- > From: imacat

Re: Contributors versus Committers versus PMC members

2011-06-24 Thread Sam Ruby
d proper operation of the PMC can be found here: http://www.apache.org/dev/pmc.html#audience - Sam Ruby

Re: Sending Wiki Notifications to Mailing Lists

2011-06-22 Thread Sam Ruby
Pedro. > > Agreed. Not directed an anyone in particular, but the essential difference between the role of committer and the role of a member of a PMC is that a committer does his or her own thing, but a PMC member is responsible for oversight: http://www.apache.org/dev/pmc.html#audience > Andy - Sam Ruby

Re: Do we need more moderators for ooo-dev?

2011-06-21 Thread Sam Ruby
ator myself. I have no problem adding PPMC members as moderators of the dev list, so: done. I'd like to hear more discussion before opening this wider. > -Rob - Sam Ruby

Re: What do we do at Apache versus what do we do elsewhere?

2011-06-20 Thread Sam Ruby
ing projects. If you can demonstrate that a single project with subprojects is capable of self-governance, then this podling could graduate as a separate project. If, however, there really is little overlap between different efforts, then it is best structured as multiple projects. > -Rob - Sam Ruby

Re: OOo source licenses (was: Subversion history)

2011-06-20 Thread Sam Ruby
need to update our policies on the web site to make something clearer as to what is acceptable or not acceptable, then a JIRA report is the first step. http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-legal-discuss/ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL - Sam Ruby

Re: Publishing changed websit at apache

2011-06-20 Thread Sam Ruby
g wrong. Anyway, the > site is now online. Command line documentation: http://www.apache.org/dev/infra-site.html#command_line > The new CMS is not a Apache project, right? The project site of the CMS is > realy hard to find. I find no link to it on any Apache tutorial. > Greeting

Re: svn:eol-style (Re: Podling website)

2011-06-18 Thread Sam Ruby
e directories. - Fix mime type on the png files > -Rob - Sam Ruby

Re: Podling website

2011-06-17 Thread Sam Ruby
the "new CMS", but it seems to me that initial load might be easier using the command line: http://www.apache.org/dev/infra-site.html#command_line > Thanks for any hints! > > -Rob - Sam Ruby

Re: OpenOffice.org Product Roadmap: made by whom ? was: Re: [discuss] remove of binfilter module

2011-06-16 Thread Sam Ruby
at your employer has waived such rights for your Contributions to the Foundation, or that your employer has executed a separate Corporate CLA with the Foundation. > Corporations / individuals can sponsor the ASF, but cannot direct those > donations. > > Ross/Sam, do I have this stated correctly? > > Regards, > Dave - Sam Ruby

Re: OpenOffice.org Product Roadmap: made by whom ? was: Re: [discuss] remove of binfilter module

2011-06-16 Thread Sam Ruby
least, we already created educoo.it ( http://www.educoo.it ), >> educoo.es (http://educoo.es ), educoo.no (http://educoo.no ) + some others. >> >> Regards, >> Eric >> >> -- >> 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://eric.bachard.org/news - Sam Ruby

Re: OOo source licenses (was: Subversion history)

2011-06-16 Thread Sam Ruby
ody is subscribed to both lists. I'm doing it initially to establish cross-connections, but over time people should post one place and provide pointers elsewhere. > Regards, > Mathias - Sam Ruby

OOo source licenses (was: Subversion history)

2011-06-16 Thread Sam Ruby
Changing the subject line and copying legal-discuss. - Sam Ruby On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 7:18 AM, Mathias Bauer wrote: > On 14.06.2011 19:32, Greg Stein wrote: >> >> On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 13:17, Mathias Bauer >>  wrote: >>> >>> On 14.06.2011 19:04, Greg S

Request for permission to use the OOo Trademark (was: Teams and Leads)

2011-06-16 Thread Sam Ruby
Reposting with a new subject line, and copying the appropriate trademark's mailing list. The relevant policy can be found here: http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/ - Sam Ruby On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 7:52 AM, Ian Lynch wrote: > On 16 June 2011 12:00, Sam Ruby wrote: > >&g

Re: Teams and Leads (was: Proposed short term goals)

2011-06-16 Thread Sam Ruby
On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 7:44 AM, RA Stehmann wrote: > Sam Ruby schrieb: > >> The only 'contact' that people need for this project is >> ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org. > > I don't think so. If for example the press wants to know, what's new in > Ope

Re: Teams and Leads (was: Proposed short term goals)

2011-06-16 Thread Sam Ruby
> description in case something turns out to be needed? Or is there even a > more neutral word? The only 'contact' that people need for this project is ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org. If this list grows too large or too busy, then we can create additional 'contacts' in the form of more mailing lists. > Ingrid - Sam Ruby

Re: [discuss] remove of binfilter module

2011-06-15 Thread Sam Ruby
gt; a technical implementation. Do you have a concrete proposal? - Sam Ruby

Re: Bootstrapping a build

2011-06-15 Thread Sam Ruby
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Stephan Bergmann wrote: > On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 6:59 PM, Mathias Bauer wrote: > >> On 15.06.2011 18:07, Sam Ruby wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 6:10 AM, Mathias Bauer >>>  wrote: >>> >>>> there ar

Re: decision making (wsa Re: [discuss] remove of binfilter module)

2011-06-15 Thread Sam Ruby
talk through the issue on the relevant list. It is way too early to worry about exiting incubation just yet, but a key component of making that happen will be having the PPMC demonstrate that they are capable of self-governance. > Ross - Sam Ruby

Re: [discuss] remove of binfilter module

2011-06-15 Thread Sam Ruby
riorities are driven by whom, and how they get represented by whom, Short answer: don't vote! Yes, we want to include everybody! Here's a few links: http://s.apache.org/H8J http://s.apache.org/D16 http://community.apache.org/committers/ > Martin - Sam Ruby

committers/MailAlias.txt

2011-06-15 Thread Sam Ruby
If you are a new committter to this project, and make use of multiple email addresses, please let us know by editing a file named MailAlias.txt. Among other things, this may speed up processing of things like subscription requests. Following are command line instructions, but you are welcome to u

Re: Bootstrapping a build

2011-06-15 Thread Sam Ruby
t in a code repository hosted at apache.org? This is most likely NOT a problem: http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#build-tools https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-23 - Sam Ruby

Re: all listed committers subscribed?

2011-06-15 Thread Sam Ruby
hat portion of the above page up to date. Early next week, I'll try to follow up with those that have yet to submit an ICLA. > Thanks, > Ingrid - Sam Ruby

Re: Subversion & Git (was: Proposed short term goals)

2011-06-14 Thread Sam Ruby
attack him whenever he tries to be > constructive. It is not a question of benefit of the doubt. Anybody who wants to make a difference is welcome to participate. The operative word, however, is "participate". > Ross - Sam Ruby

Re: IRC Channel?

2011-06-14 Thread Sam Ruby
-only. Yes, I knew better, or at least once did, but it is also something I (apparently) tend to forget as once I have a checked out repository I don't have to worry about the URIs any more. My point: don't be afraid to ask questions. > Thanks, > > -Rob - Sam Ruby

Re: IRC Channel?

2011-06-14 Thread Sam Ruby
g&q=irc If you look around, you can also find documentation on how committers can update the incubator site to include this information for this project. (hint, hint :-) > -Rob - Sam Ruby

Re: Subversion & Git (was: Proposed short term goals)

2011-06-14 Thread Sam Ruby
ommunity together. I'll simply note that those people with a "foot" here are those that are actually doing the work. > S. - Sam Ruby

Re: Subversion - Seeding incubator/openofficeorg/ please

2011-06-14 Thread Sam Ruby
n list. I suggest that we coordinate using the incubator status file: http://incubator.apache.org/projects/openofficeorg.html I've been adding people to that page as the ICLAs are received and the Account Requests are processed. > Cheers, > -g - Sam Ruby

Re: Subversion & Git (was: Proposed short term goals)

2011-06-14 Thread Sam Ruby
hile, those that are willing to set up a subversion repository are welcome to do so. And those that are willing to begin importing code into that repository can begin once that is done. > S. - Sam Ruby

Re: Subversion & Git (was: Proposed short term goals)

2011-06-14 Thread Sam Ruby
up for participants to experiment with. Joe and others can also connect people who are interested in git with like-minded others who can share experiences and workload. - Sam Ruby

Re: Project Page Correction for "orcmid"

2011-06-14 Thread Sam Ruby
when doing a > vanity search, but this is the first time I've seen a hybrid of the handle. - Sam Ruby

Re: Proposed short term goals

2011-06-13 Thread Sam Ruby
what?  If the ASF has control of it, will we still use > it a sort of central starting point for accessing the project? Lesson 1: the ASF is a very bottoms-up organization. This is something the PPMC should work out. What do you propose? - Sam Ruby