Re: [VOTE] Recommend to the Board to establish the Apache OpenOffice Project

2012-10-10 Thread Andrew Rist
* Andre Fischer (af) * Andrea Pescetti (pescetti) * Andrew Rist (arist) * Ariel Constenla-Haile (arielch) * Armin Le Grand (alg) * Dave Fisher (wave) * Donald Harbison (dpharbison) * Drew Jensen (atjensen) * Ian Lynch (ingotian) * Jürgen Schmidt (jsc)

Re: [VOTE] Apache OpenOffice Community Graduation Vote

2012-08-24 Thread Andrew Rist
On 8/24/2012 11:19 AM, Joe Schaefer wrote: Really, all this fuss over the LABELLING of a file being distributed does not add value to either the org, the podling, or the users of the software. Nowhere is it written that you CANNOT DISTRIBUTE BINARIES, however it has always been clear that they

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: 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: OOo Monetary Donations

2011-06-08 Thread Andrew Rist
to a foundation independent of Oracle: Team OpenOffice.org e.V. searching for a more complete answer Oracle Email Signature Logo Andrew Rist | Interoperability Architect Oracle Corporate Architecture Group Redwood Shores, CA | 650.506.9847 On 6/8/2011 4:19 PM, Jim Jagielski wrote: On Jun 8

Re: Code covered by the Oracle grant

2011-06-08 Thread Andrew Rist
I'll quote my earlier answer [1] on that: Our approach is to start with the main open source code - stuff with clear provenance. The OOo extensions are more complex in terms of licensing and other issues, but this is certainly something to revisit at a later stage of the project. (acknowledged

Re: Openoffice.org

2011-06-08 Thread Andrew Rist
As I understand it, the trademark issues are being dealt with by the appropriate Oracle & ASF people. It is not an issue of 'if', but 'how'. IANAL - so I'll let them handle it. Andrew On 6/8/2011 1:02 PM, Craig L Russell wrote: Nothing else has been received from Oracle. You will be the thir

Re: Code covered by the Oracle grant

2011-06-07 Thread Andrew Rist
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 6:08 PM, Andrew Rist wrote: It is Oracle's intent to provide to ASF the files needed to build OOo, taking into account licensing and ownership issues. This includes binary artifacts such as the OOo artwork and translation databases. I am following the discussions he

Re: Code covered by the Oracle grant

2011-06-07 Thread Andrew Rist
It is Oracle's intent to provide to ASF the files needed to build OOo, taking into account licensing and ownership issues. This includes binary artifacts such as the OOo artwork and translation databases. I am following the discussions here closely, and I am collected all of the lists that are

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Andrew Rist
On 6/5/2011 5:38 PM, Simon Phipps wrote: I still think that's open for discussion. To my eyes it still makes a lot of sense to have Apache host the parts IBM (and maybe others, although their existence is exaggerated) need for their proprietary products, and then have TDF maintain a consumer e

Re: OO/LO License

2011-06-04 Thread Andrew Rist
On 6/4/2011 11:58 AM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: Just to un-muddy the waters a little, it should be clear that all distributions of OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice are under the LGPL3. It is also the case that contributors of code to LibreOffice are required to affirm that their contributions

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Licensing Q's [was: Incubator Proposal]

2011-06-03 Thread Andrew Rist
Also, besides main apps, is Oracle donating it's Oracle OOo extensions? Such as: PDF Import, Presenter Console, WebLog Publisher, Professional Template Packs, MySQL Connector, etc. Our approach is to start with the main open source code - stuff with clear provenance. The OOo extensions are mo

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Licensing Q's [was: Incubator Proposal]

2011-06-03 Thread Andrew Rist
But this raises another question - does Oracle donate the code only or will ASF also get the contents of the website, wiki, translation database (wich has some more information than what you see in the code), ooo-specific tooling (OOo used to have some web portals to support development, qa,

Re: OO.o downloads on Day One (was: "opportunity to reunite the related communities" ...)

2011-06-03 Thread Andrew Rist
On 6/3/2011 2:04 PM, Greg Stein wrote: On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 16:29, Simon Phipps wrote: ... text in the wiki doesn't give that assurance. I'm also suggesting it's /such/ a big deal for the open source community at large that openoffice.org resolve to a working and current site without interr