Keith. The account owner could be an individual or a separate organisation. The OOo books, for example, were done through an account owned by an Australian not-for-profit organisation (which no longer exists). The LO books are currently being done through an account that I own.
As Dennis notes, anyone can publish these books. The CC license on the books allows it. If I wanted to, I could set up another account in my own name for AOO books. Jean On Tue, Jun 21, 2022 at 9:00 AM Dennis Hamilton <orc...@msn.com> wrote: > > Keith, I suggest asking legal about this (with approval of the PMC as well). > Get permission for the ASF logo as well. > > Considering that *anyone* can publish those books, with appropriate > acknowledgment and indication of where the free digital ones can be found, it > is unclear to me why such a thing, with proceeds to the ASF, would cross a > line. > > That's way better than what people have done with the AOO distros on eBay and > Amazon themselves. > > - Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Keith N. McKenna <keith.mcke...@comcast.net> > Sent: Monday, June 20, 2022 14:44 > To: doc@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: Print copies of Getting Started Guide? > > Jean; > > The problem I see with being able to do this is the owner of the account. > Because ASF is a US 501(C)(3)Tax Exempt charity, neither it nor AOO can be > the owner of the account as it would likely violate the terms of that status. > > > Jean Weber wrote: > [orcmid] [ .. ] > > So, the first things to decide are: > > 1) Do you want to sell through Amazon and other online retailers? Or > > would Lulu Bookstore be enough? > > 2) Who will be the account holder with whatever service is selected? > > > > Once an account is set up, one can publish a book. > > 3) Who will prepare the files for uploading? > > 4) Who will create the cover art? > > 5) Who will do the various publishing steps? These involve uploading a > > PDF for interior pages, creating and uploading a separate PDF for the > > cover, inputting other information and making various selections about > > paper type, black-and-white vs color interiors, pricing, etc.! > > > > But first! > > Do you want to print the book full-page-size (A4) or reduce the page > > size to something like 6x9-inch, which is a common trade paperback > > size. The cost of printing full size is much higher than printing > > smaller pages, but involves an extra step and software that not > > everyone has. > > > > I'm sure there's more that escapes me at the moment. > > > > Jean --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: doc-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: doc-h...@openoffice.apache.org
