On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 9:05 AM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Louis Suárez-Potts <lui...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > On 12-12-31, at 11:53 , Rob Weir <rabas...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> On Dec 31, 2012, at 7:45 AM, Armin Le Grand <armin_le_gr...@me.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> Hi List, > >>> > >>> my wife showed me the following link which leads to the AppStore, to > an AOO ODF format raeder application nicely using the AOO logo, link is > >>> > >>> https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/ooreader/id480844649?mt=8 > >> > >> > >> > >> Interesting. But does anyone recall giving permission to use the logo? > >> The way they are using it appears (to me at least) a relationship > >> with the AOO project which is unwarranted. > >> > > I checked if we'd granted them permission to use OpenOffice.org logo etc > back in the day but came up with no record of that. (It would be in the > logos@ openofficedotorg list, a private one but archived, or was, once.) > BML Solutions is evidently based in Montreal, thus, as the loonie flies, > not far from me. I can contact them and ask them about this, as well as > their general work, and ask them to work with us, as we require all to do. > > > > Do you get any sense of whether their app involves any AOO code at > all? IMHO, it would be hard to justify giving permission to use the > logo if the app involved neither the community nor the code. > My feeling is they just use the graphic logo to bring heightened attention to this product, OOReader. (just as a graphic element for the page, nothing else) But, use of this logo in this case since it does not seem to be directly linking to our site, is probably in violation of the ASF trademarks policy: http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/ > > My guess is that they are operating in ignorance of our very reasonable > rules or under innocent assumptions. But I like to think the best of people. > > > > >> -Rob > > > > Cheers, > > Louis > > > > PS I downloaded it and have been playing with it. I do think they'd be > worthwhile to include in the community, as they represent that most > essential element of any large open source project, the ecosystem. > >> > >> > >>> > >>> Juat wanted to share with all, looks interesting. Did anyone check > this out, maybe compared with the already available Syphony viewer which is > also free? They offer a 'profesional' version for money which shall be > capable of biggerr files, too (not so good, but...) > >>> > >>> Happy new year! > >>> Armin > >>> > >>> -- > >>> ALG (iPad) > > > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." -- Aesop
