Hi :) Errr, ooops! I meant to say thanks to Dave for helping make it easier for more people to use watermarks. Congrats, thanks and regards from Tom :)
On 16 August 2016 at 13:31, Tom Davies <tomc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi :) > There are many templates at: > http://templates.libreoffice.org/ > which can be found from the official website via page; > https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/templates-and-extensions/ > > Extensions can also be reached from the templates library. Templates and > Extensions are mostly written by '3rd party' individuals or small groups > that have no other link with TDF. At a guess it's a good way in to getting > experience with coding for LibreOffice. Some Extensions end up being > merged into the main code. > > Extensions and Templates are released under a variety of licenses with > only some of them being OpenSource. We recently saw a thread about a > troublesome non-OpenSource Extension that still relies on Java and hasn't > been updated for several years. If it had been released with an OpenSource > license then almost anyone could have kept it updated or re-written it. As > it is the only hope is to create a very similar Extension but then there > would be tension between the original coders and the new ones instead of > harmony and respect. OpenSource licenses help keep your code useful and > relevant in the future and reduce the onus on the original coder to > maintain their code. > > For coding there are various OpenSource licenses such as GPL, LGPL and > MPL. Some argue that GPLv3 is less "Open" than GPLv2 and each different > license has legitimate supporters and detractors. LibreOffice uses MPL and > LGPL. There are other licenses that are also far less restrictive than > traditional licenses such as those used by BSD operating systems and the > Apache Foundation. These tend to give more credit and 'rights' to the > coders or the companies that created the code but creates some problems of > incompatibility with GPL, LGPL and MPL licenses. > > For documentation, art and such the "Creative Commons" licenses allow > creators to choose how open or proprietary their licenses are. This page > makes it really easy to see what the options are and to try a few before > finding one you are comfortable with; > https://creativecommons.org/choose/ > > The TDF wiki and documentation tends to choose the "CC-by-SA" to allow > people to share and modify; > https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ > as long as previous contributors/authors are given credit. In the > Published Guides one of the early pages in the guide gives a list of > contributors. CC has a few pages of advice on how to give "attribution" in > suitable ways for other types of works. > > > Having the templates available in a few central locations helps people > find them more easily and doesn't prevent individuals (or companies) from > having their own collections, preferably in both places. > > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > > On 16 August 2016 at 01:57, Dave Koelmeyer <dave.koelmeyer@davekoelmeyer. > co.nz> wrote: > >> On 16/08/16 09:48, jorge wrote: >> > Thank you Dave, It is a good job. >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > Jorge RodrÃguez >> >> My pleasure. >> >> If any folks would like this template in other languages please drop me >> a line and I'll be happy to create additional versions (assuming you can >> spare a little time and contribute your language expertise). >> >> Cheers, >> Dave >> >> > El lun, 15-08-2016 a las 11:44 +1200, Dave Koelmeyer escribió: >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> For those wanting an instant solution for LibreOffice Writer >> watermarks, >> >> I've created a template which can be freely downloaded and used from >> here: >> >> >> >> * http://www.apertura.co.nz/libreofficewatermarks >> >> >> >> >> >> The watermarks are SVG-format (small file size, 100 percent quality). >> >> I'll be updating this with additional watermark page styles now and >> then. >> >> >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> Dave >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Dave Koelmeyer >> >> http://blog.davekoelmeyer.co.nz >> >> GPG Key ID: 0x238BFF87 >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Dave Koelmeyer >> http://blog.davekoelmeyer.co.nz >> GPG Key ID: 0x238BFF87 >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org >> Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-uns >> ubscribe/ >> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >> deleted >> > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
