RE: OO/LO License + Why LO needs the AFL 2.0 to exist (quickly)

2011-06-05 Thread Greg Stein
On Jun 4, 2011 6:25 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.org wrote: ... 2. With regard to building distributions, binary libraries are terribly awkward unless Apache were to limit its OpenOffice project to a single platform and programming model. In contrast, LibreOffice is going full-up

Re: [italo.vign...@documentfoundation.org: Re: OpenOffice and the ASF]

2011-06-05 Thread Julien Vermillard
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 6:11 AM, Shane Curcuru a...@shanecurcuru.org wrote: Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: ...snip... * Apache Foundation owns the trademark to OOo? ...snip... The ASF has a recorded Software Grant that includes the trademark along with a specific list of source code files. I

Re: [italo.vign...@documentfoundation.org: Re: OpenOffice and the ASF]

2011-06-05 Thread Sophie Gautier
Hi all, On 05/06/2011 10:06, Julien Vermillard wrote: On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 6:11 AM, Shane Curcurua...@shanecurcuru.org wrote: Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: ...snip... * Apache Foundation owns the trademark to OOo? ...snip... The ASF has a recorded Software Grant that includes the trademark

RE: OO/LO License + Why LO needs the AFL 2.0 to exist (quickly)

2011-06-05 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
I was thinking about binary-only components such as a linker library or shared library that was under a non-Apache license but that needed to be included in deployments of OpenOffice.org. That would require a different version of the binary-only component for every platform environment the

Re: OpenOffice - Wiki - Required Resources - Subversion vs. Mercurial vs. Git

2011-06-05 Thread Robert Burrell Donkin
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 8:20 PM, Simon Phipps si...@webmink.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 10:44 PM, Greg Stein gst...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 16:40, Noel J. Bergman n...@devtech.com wrote: We already had subversion for some time as the repository for the main code and it

Re: [italo.vign...@documentfoundation.org: Re: OpenOffice and the ASF]

2011-06-05 Thread Simon Brouwer
Hi Shane, Op 5-6-2011 6:11, Shane Curcuru schreef: Question: is anyone here aware of any registrations of OpenOffice.org or the logo or other related marks in other countries besides the US? The name Open Office has been registered in the Benelux by the Dutch company Open Office

Re: OpenOffice Proposal: Relationships with Other Apache Products

2011-06-05 Thread Ross Gardler
Sent from my mobile device (so please excuse typos) On 5 Jun 2011, at 04:17, Shane Curcuru a...@shanecurcuru.org wrote: robert_w...@us.ibm.com wrote: I plan on updating the proposal on the wiki over the week-end. I'm going to start a series of threads on various sections of the proposal

OpenOffice.org dependencies at runtime. was: Re: OO/LO License + Why LO needs the AFL 2.0 to exist (quickly)

2011-06-05 Thread eric b
Hi, First over all, I'm not a native speaker, but I think I can answer. Apologies if I'm off topic, this thread is extremely difficult to follow. Le 5 juin 11 à 09:41, Dennis E. Hamilton a écrit : I was thinking about binary-only components such as a linker library or shared library

Re: OpenOffice.org dependencies at runtime. was: Re: OO/LO License + Why LO needs the AFL 2.0 to exist (quickly)

2011-06-05 Thread eric b
Le 5 juin 11 à 10:09, eric b a écrit : Hi, First over all, I'm not a native speaker, but I think I can answer. Apologies if I'm off topic, this thread is extremely difficult to follow. Le 5 juin 11 à 09:41, Dennis E. Hamilton a écrit : I was thinking about binary-only components such

OpenOffice LibreOffice

2011-06-05 Thread Keith Curtis
Hello all; I spent some time reading these email archives to get a better understanding of the issues. To me it seem obvious this effort should join with the LibreOffice community. Why open source advocates at IBM would stand up for the right of software to be made proprietary in the future

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal - Dependency License Clash

2011-06-05 Thread Robert Burrell Donkin
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 10:01 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.org wrote: I've lost the thread on this, it's noisy and open :-) (but it's good to factor out new threads with good subjects) but I thought that one observation was about the dependencies in OpenOffice.org (and

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

2011-06-05 Thread Robert Burrell Donkin
On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 6:09 AM, Greg Stein gst...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 01:07, Andrew Rist andrew.r...@oracle.com wrote: Also, besides main apps, is Oracle donating it's Oracle OOo extensions? Such as: PDF Import, Presenter Console, WebLog Publisher, Professional Template

Re: OO.o and web widgets

2011-06-05 Thread Scott Wilson
On 5 Jun 2011, at 09:09, Ross Gardler wrote: Sent from my mobile device (so please excuse typos) On 4 Jun 2011, at 23:31, robert_w...@us.ibm.com wrote: For example, with Lotus Symphony we've added a mechanism to integrate web widgets. I'd like to know a little more about this.

Re: OpenOffice.org: Question to IBM regarding license of Lotus Symphony

2011-06-05 Thread Robert Burrell Donkin
On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Cor Nouws oo...@nouenoff.nl wrote: Ian Lynch wrote (04-06-11 14:39) On 4 June 2011 13:30, Cor Nouwsoo...@nouenoff.nl  wrote: Sam Ruby wrote (04-06-11 13:35) Is there any reason to believe that the Apache License, Version 2.0 is not an appropriate choice in

List of files covered by the OpenOffice grant

2011-06-05 Thread Sam Ruby
I extracted the text from the Grant. It needed some minor cleanup (for example, to remove page numbers). It is possible that I introduced errors in the process, but that seems unlikely given how clean this data was. In any case, in the event that there are any differences the original grant is

Re: OpenOffice LibreOffice

2011-06-05 Thread Christian Grobmeier
Hi Keith, Convincing IBM to make GPL their official free license would be useful evangelism. Who is working on that? I would like to see ASL as official free license, not the GPL. Anyway IBM is huge and they do some cool stuff and sometimes they don't. LibreOffice is a success, and way

Re: OpenOffice.org: Question to IBM regarding license of Lotus Symphony

2011-06-05 Thread Sam Ruby
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 6:42 AM, Robert Burrell Donkin robertburrelldon...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Cor Nouws oo...@nouenoff.nl wrote: Ian Lynch wrote (04-06-11 14:39) On 4 June 2011 13:30, Cor Nouwsoo...@nouenoff.nl  wrote: Sam Ruby wrote (04-06-11 13:35) Is there

Re: List of files covered by the OpenOffice grant

2011-06-05 Thread Christian Lippka
Hi Sam, thank you for the list. From a first glance it looks like that this is exactly the same set of sources that is already available in the OpenOffice.org repository. I do not want to imply that this is too much or too little, just a FYI for those interested and to lazy to compare for

Re: [italo.vign...@documentfoundation.org: Re: OpenOffice and the ASF]

2011-06-05 Thread Shane Curcuru
Sophie Gautier wrote: Hi all, On 05/06/2011 10:06, Julien Vermillard wrote: On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 6:11 AM, Shane Curcurua...@shanecurcuru.org wrote: Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: ...snip... * Apache Foundation owns the trademark to OOo? ...snip... The ASF has a recorded Software Grant that

OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Christian Grobmeier
Hi all, I have tried to follow as much as emails as possible but it's overwhelming. Anyway I feel that several questions do not longer belong to the pre-incubation phase but should be clarified after we have accepted the podling. Many questions are around Can/Should we have a second office

OpenOffice: adding myself

2011-06-05 Thread Christian Grobmeier
Hey all, I would like to add myself to the OOo podling proposal as a mentor and help. I am not good with all that licensing/trademark stuff but there will be plenty to do. In additon I would like to add myself to the list of initial committers. I am not sure how much work I really can do as a

Re: [italo.vign...@documentfoundation.org: Re: OpenOffice and the ASF]

2011-06-05 Thread Simon Phipps
I'm aware that Sun successfully challenged a problematic third party registration in Brazil just as the acquisition was going through. It may be worth early investigation in case the registration on Sun's behalf was not then completed; OOo had serious issues in Brazil over many years because of

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Sam Ruby
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 8:02 AM, Christian Grobmeier grobme...@gmail.com wrote: Again are we able to vote on the podling? If no, please specifiy why? Not just yet. I don't want anyone to feel that we rushed this. It has been less than four days. A number of threads are still active You are

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Christian Grobmeier
Not just yet.  I don't want anyone to feel that we rushed this. Oh, i didn't want to rush If that progress can be made in less than 24 hours, imagine what the next 24, 48, or even 72 hours will bring. Compared and good :-) My expectation is that the right time to hold a vote will be by the

Re: [PROPOSAL] Sqoop Project

2011-06-05 Thread Olivier Lamy
Hello, If you need more mentor, I can help. -- Olivier Lamy http://twitter.com/olamy | http://www.linkedin.com/in/olamy 2011/6/4 arv...@cloudera.com arv...@cloudera.com: Hi All, It has been a week since the proposal was submitted. Responses to the proposal so far have been very

Re: OO.o and web widgets

2011-06-05 Thread dsh
The only widget's I used with Lotus Symphony are widgets similar to [1]. Not sure whether it would be possible to use iWidgets originating from Lotus Mashups or even OpenSocial Gadgets in a similar way like they could be consumed by Rational Team Concert [2]. [1]

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HREUNITING the Community?

2011-06-05 Thread Robert Burrell Donkin
On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Florian Effenberger flo...@documentfoundation.org wrote: Hi, Greg Stein wrote on 2011-06-04 16.28: snip Personally, I think Oracle's choice had more to do with IBM's recommendation, than taxes. +1 I tend to agree. IMO it's all about governance.

OO.o ICLAs

2011-06-05 Thread Sam Ruby
By my count, only 8 of the 33 proposed committers have ICLAs on file: http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/OpenOfficeProposal While there is no obligation to send such in prior to a vote on whether or not to establish an incubating podling around this proposal, it is encouraged. You can find the

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Ralph Goers
On Jun 5, 2011, at 8:43 AM, Ralph Goers wrote: I posted a similar statement yesterday. Personally, I think the traffic on this list has settled down a lot in the last 24 hours and is now focusing in on topics more relevant to this list. But maybe that is just because it was Saturday :-)

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message From: Ralph Goers ralph.go...@dslextreme.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Sent: Sun, June 5, 2011 11:43:47 AM Subject: Re: OpenOffice: were are we now? On Jun 5, 2011, at 6:26 AM, Christian Grobmeier wrote: Not just yet. I don't want anyone to feel

Re: TDF/LO, what is the art of the possible?

2011-06-05 Thread André Schnabel
Hi Rob, I don't want to leave this unanswered, although I very likely cannot provide the answers you like to get ... (steering-discuss in cc, so that other SC memebers might agree or disagree) Am 04.06.2011 02:09, schrieb robert_w...@us.ibm.com: If someone on the list from TDF is authorized

Re: TDF/LO, what is the art of the possible?

2011-06-05 Thread Sam Ruby
2011/6/5 André Schnabel andre.schna...@gmx.net: In your questionary, the questions to me seem to be of two kinds: 1) questions that are targeted to individuals actions (sign Apache CLA, contribute code to Apache as well as to TDF ...) 2) fundamental questions on TDF (join Apache and

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Joe Schaefer
FYI- here's a link to the Harmony proposal: http://s.apache.org/KPG - Original Message From: Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Sent: Sun, June 5, 2011 1:01:38 PM Subject: Re: OpenOffice: were are we now? - Original Message From:

RE: OpenOffice - Wiki - Required Resources - Subversion vs. Mercurial vs. Git

2011-06-05 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
I say that the sooner one can move to uni-directional flows with the bi-directionals out in customization and adoption layers, if anywhere, the better. It is difficult to conceive of any other way to get on top of the refactoring that is surely required as part of making a manageable, layered

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Christian Lippka
Hi Ralph, Am 05.06.2011 18:46, schrieb Ralph Goers: On Jun 5, 2011, at 8:59 AM, Joe Schaefer wrote: I posted a similar statement yesterday. Personally, I think the traffic on this list has settled down a lot in the last 24 hours and is now focusing in on topics more relevant to this list.

Re: OpenOffice LibreOffice

2011-06-05 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
In general, I'm avoiding the messages which are entirely based on the one true license... but I think there is one interesting point to be raised here... On 6/5/2011 3:30 AM, Keith Curtis wrote: Why open source advocates at IBM would stand up for the right of software to be made proprietary

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HREUNITING the Community?

2011-06-05 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Robert Burrell Donkin wrote on 2011-06-05 16.41: Non-profit foundations are constrained to act in certain ways. For example, it is hard for either the Apache or the Free Software Foundations to close source donated code. that's the same for a German-based foundation, and exactly the same

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-05 Thread Italo Vignoli
On 06/03/2011 07:21 PM, Noel J. Bergman wrote: No, they don't. But, to re-quote Sam, they now have the historic opportunity to change their license to the Apache License, which makes it much easier to (quoting you, now), cooperate with ASF to make the two projects work as harmoniously as

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal

2011-06-05 Thread Italo Vignoli
On 06/02/2011 09:44 PM, Jim Jagielski wrote: Let's look at it this way: Pretend that when things starting going south in OOo, but before TDF was formed, Oracle had done what it just did: donate the code and the trademark to the ASF. If that had happened, would those of you behind TDF still have

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-05 Thread Italo Vignoli
On 06/02/2011 04:52 PM, Jim Jagielski wrote: Let's be 100% clear here: This is about collaboration. This is about working together. This is about building a developer and user community, and not some power-play or ego trip. Jim, please be aware that OOo end user community is just huge, but

End Users ?

2011-06-05 Thread Italo Vignoli
I have lurked at the mailing list over the last four days, as I was away on a short break. Using a smartphone has not made my life easier, but I have been able to read most of the relevant messages. I am a founding member of TDF, and a member of the SC, but first and foremost I am an end

Re: OpenOffice LibreOffice

2011-06-05 Thread Joe Schaefer
This isn't helpful Bill IMO. Lotsa people have acculturated to the FSF view of software licensing, and no amount of arguing will change their mind. We have to accept that some people within libreoffice will just be completely turned off to the idea of collaborating with IBM for the sole purpose

Re: OpenOffice - Wiki - Required Resources - Subversion vs. Mercurial vs. Git

2011-06-05 Thread Greg Stein
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 15:20, Simon Phipps si...@webmink.com wrote: ... Just to drag the point here from the other thread where it was made, the problem is less the size of the code (although it is enormous and will make a great stress test for the SVN team :-) ) and more the need for frequent

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HREUNITING the Community?

2011-06-05 Thread Greg Stein
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 13:54, Florian Effenberger flo...@documentfoundation.org wrote: ... That point has been repeaded over and over again, but basically you are saying everyone Do not set up your own foundation at all, we alreadyh have enough. I don't know that Robert B-D said that, or

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 6/5/2011 10:43 AM, Ralph Goers wrote: I posted a similar statement yesterday. Personally, I think the traffic on this list has settled down a lot in the last 24 hours and is now focusing in on topics more relevant to this list. But maybe that is just because it was Saturday :-)

Re: End Users ?

2011-06-05 Thread Joe Schaefer
It has been said that Apache is a developer-centric org, and relative to other orgs that is probably not too far off. However OOo's user community will be important for us to preserve, nurture, and grow as we start moving the services over to equipment managed by the ASF. If the concern is about

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Greg Stein
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 14:05, William A. Rowe Jr. wr...@rowe-clan.net wrote: On 6/5/2011 10:43 AM, Ralph Goers wrote: I posted a similar statement yesterday. Personally, I think the traffic on this list has settled down a lot in the last 24 hours and is now focusing in on topics more

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread drew
On Sun, 2011-06-05 at 10:01 -0700, Joe Schaefer wrote: - Original Message snip Personally I have no idea how my daily workload will be affected by dealing with OOo's infra requirements. If it just means dishing out dedicated resources and setting up end-user services, that

Re: Recuse as mentor?

2011-06-05 Thread Help Earth Foundation
not necessary, NRJ On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Simon Phipps si...@webmink.com wrote: I really can't see that as necessary Jim. S. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HREUNITING the Community?

2011-06-05 Thread Greg Stein
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 14:19, Florian Effenberger flo...@documentfoundation.org wrote: Hi, Greg Stein wrote on 2011-06-05 20.03: That point has been repeaded over and over again, but basically you are saying everyone Do not set up your own foundation at all, we alreadyh have enough. I

Re: OpenOffice Proposal: Relationships with Other Apache Products

2011-06-05 Thread Help Earth Foundation
Some of the Wave capabilities would be helpful off top of head. NRJ On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 4:08 AM, Ross Gardler rgard...@apache.org wrote: Sent from my mobile device (so please excuse typos) On 5 Jun 2011, at 04:17, Shane Curcuru a...@shanecurcuru.org wrote: robert_w...@us.ibm.com wrote:

RE: List of files covered by the OpenOffice grant

2011-06-05 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Although it is still a daunting list (over 100 items), it is interesting to grep the list for .mk files. This will show some places where some third-party components seem to be introduced (e.g., zlib.mk). I'm not sure where the build process is handled and what the tooling requirement is. I

Initial source files (was: OpenOffice: were are we now?)

2011-06-05 Thread Greg Stein
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 14:24, Simon Phipps si...@webmink.com wrote: On 5 Jun 2011, at 19:15, Greg Stein wrote: On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 14:05, William A. Rowe Jr. wr...@rowe-clan.net wrote: On 6/5/2011 10:43 AM, Ralph Goers wrote: ... What I am still waiting to hear on are: 1. The amount of

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Joe Schaefer
Thanks for the input Drew. FWIW the Infrastructure Team abides by the same rules as any other project at Apache- volunteers are always welcome, and the more you do (well) the more karma you will gain within Infrastructure. It would be great if people who have root access to any of the existing

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Greg Stein
Totally offtopic, but On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 11:59, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: ... 2. The amount of work  that will be required to rework dependencies. Not a blocker for starting incubation. Keep in mind that the podling may elect to release via the libreoffice

Re: Initial source files (was: OpenOffice: were are we now?)

2011-06-05 Thread Simon Phipps
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 7:53 PM, Greg Stein gst...@gmail.com wrote: No, we don't need the comprehensive list to start. OK, that's good. It will be worth gathering a group of experts to build a comprehensive view. I suggest that include LibreOffice developers too. After all that, then we can

Re: OpenOffice LibreOffice

2011-06-05 Thread robert_weir
Keith Curtis keit...@gmail.com wrote on 06/05/2011 04:30:17 AM: Here is a section of my book that gives a case study on forks: http://keithcu.com/wordpress/?page_id=558 Maybe I'll make another case study about you guys in the future, depending on how far you get ;-) Please do check

Re: End Users ?

2011-06-05 Thread robert_weir
Italo Vignoli italo.vign...@gmail.com wrote on 06/05/2011 07:30:43 AM: . . . So, after having read hundreds of emails discussing the merits of different licenses and processes, concentrating on the geography where the code should live (basically, US vs EU, or Delaware vs Germany), I am

Re: TDF/LO, what is the art of the possible?

2011-06-05 Thread robert_weir
André Schnabel andre.schna...@gmx.net wrote on 06/05/2011 12:17:40 PM: Hi Rob, I don't want to leave this unanswered, although I very likely cannot provide the answers you like to get ... (steering-discuss in cc, so that other SC memebers might agree or disagree) Am 04.06.2011 02:09,

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread André Schnabel
Hi, Am 05.06.2011 20:24, schrieb Simon Phipps: I'm more interested in the list of files from the Hg repository that are NOT in that list. I gotta believe it is non-zero, so what are they, and how much of a problem will that be? I've been discussing this privately with some folk, and while

Re: End Users ?

2011-06-05 Thread Ian Lynch
On 5 June 2011 20:04, robert_w...@us.ibm.com wrote: So I agree that supporting end users is critical, but I think the way that this is done in practice, does not necessarily require great centralized planning. I'd say too much centralised planning for end user support is probably a backward

Re: Initial source files (was: OpenOffice: were are we now?)

2011-06-05 Thread Ariel Constenla-Haile
Hello Simon, On Sunday 05 June 2011, 15:58, Simon Phipps wrote: While the extensions in particular are a concern (plenty of us will be horrified to lose the Presenter Console from Impress for example), it's also important to get the work that was in progress internal to Sun on core code

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread robert_weir
Niall Pemberton niall.pember...@gmail.com wrote on 06/05/2011 02:21:01 PM: This proposal raises lots of questions, but the requirements for entering the incubator are not high and so IMO don't need to be answered before a vote. The only reason I believe for rejecting this proposal would be

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Joe Schaefer
I don't think there's any question at this point that there will be a peaceful coexistence between LO and Apache OO. Most of us in the IPMC tho are trying for a better pooling of resources than to simply have 2 competing brands. Pragmatic developers will want to see the general decisions and

Re: OpenOffice LibreOffice

2011-06-05 Thread Ian Lynch
On 5 June 2011 18:47, William A. Rowe Jr. wr...@rowe-clan.net wrote: In general, I'm avoiding the messages which are entirely based on the one true license... but I think there is one interesting point to be raised here... But I don't see any licensing argument for LibreOffice to even try

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread robert_weir
Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote on 06/05/2011 03:57:05 PM: To bridge that gap will require trust bonds to be built on both sides. Generosity with the use of the OOo mark on our part combined with generosity from TDF regarding build/distribution resources is just a first step in

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HREUNITING the Community?

2011-06-05 Thread Robert Burrell Donkin
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 7:03 PM, Greg Stein gst...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 13:54, Florian Effenberger flo...@documentfoundation.org wrote: ... That point has been repeaded over and over again, but basically you are saying everyone Do not set up your own foundation at all, we

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Joe Schaefer
Sounds great, but so far I count only 2 committers on the project associated with IBM. IMO you're off by a factor or so, so claims that IBM intends to take this project seriously will be discounted by me until that is rectified. - Original Message From: robert_w...@us.ibm.com

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HREUNITING the Community?

2011-06-05 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Jun 5, 2011, at 4:22 PM, Robert Burrell Donkin wrote: I had thought you were further away... That's the impression I had from an early post here as well... Please see: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/steering-discuss/msg01027.html

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Phil Steitz
On 6/5/11 11:21 AM, Niall Pemberton wrote: On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Christian Grobmeier grobme...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I have tried to follow as much as emails as possible but it's overwhelming. Anyway I feel that several questions do not longer belong to the pre-incubation

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HREUNITING the Community?

2011-06-05 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Jim Jagielski wrote on 2011-06-05 22.26: That's the impression I had from an early post here as well... Please see: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/steering-discuss/msg01027.html if you want to get a good overview on the progress, here are a few (though

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Jochen Wiedmann
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 9:44 PM, robert_w...@us.ibm.com wrote: I am puzzled by the view one open source project should not compete against another. And I am puzzled how you don't accept that open source *allows* forking and all that stuff, but that doesn't mean that competition is necessarily

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread robert_weir
Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote on 06/05/2011 04:22:35 PM: Sounds great, but so far I count only 2 committers on the project associated with IBM. IMO you're off by a factor or so, so claims that IBM intends to take this project seriously will be discounted by me until that is

Re: OpenOffice LibreOffice

2011-06-05 Thread Joe Schaefer
Your input on apache.org lists hasn't impressed anyone with your general aptitude or social skill level. By all means, if you insist on making more juvenile remarks we will be delighted to serve them up to the public for as long as the org exists. - Original Message From: Keith

Re: OpenOffice LibreOffice

2011-06-05 Thread Keith Curtis
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 12:04 PM, robert_w...@us.ibm.com wrote: Keith Curtis keit...@gmail.com wrote on 06/05/2011 04:30:17 AM: Here is a section of my book that gives a case study on forks: http://keithcu.com/wordpress/?page_id=558 Maybe I'll make another case study about you guys in the

Questions for the cheap seats.

2011-06-05 Thread Andy Brown
Hi all. This is my fist post here, been lurking from day one. As a user I am trying to understand somethings that are going on here. 1: LibreOffice was forked due to the way OOo was being handled by Sun/Oracle. 2: Last month, Oracle stated that OOo would be turned over to a Foundation to

Re: Questions from the cheap seats.

2011-06-05 Thread Andy Brown
Sorry for the mistype on the subject. :( Andy Brown wrote: Hi all. This is my fist post here, been lurking from day one. As a user I am trying to understand somethings that are going on here. 1: LibreOffice was forked due to the way OOo was being handled by Sun/Oracle. 2: Last month, Oracle

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread robert_weir
From: Phil Steitz phil.ste...@gmail.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Date: 06/05/2011 04:34 PM Subject: Re: OpenOffice: were are we now? On 6/5/11 11:21 AM, Niall Pemberton wrote: We should also remember that, with Oracle abandoning OO, we are being used to facilitate their

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread robert_weir
Jochen Wiedmann jochen.wiedm...@gmail.com wrote on 06/05/2011 04:49:20 PM: On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 9:44 PM, robert_w...@us.ibm.com wrote: I am puzzled by the view one open source project should not compete against another. And I am puzzled how you don't accept that open source

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Ian Lynch
On 5 June 2011 21:59, robert_w...@us.ibm.com wrote: It is amazing how much paperwork is involved, at a large corporation, to enable such things. Good reason to set up your own company ;-)

Re: Questions for the cheap seats.

2011-06-05 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message From: Andy Brown a...@the-martin-byrd.net To: general@incubator.apache.org Sent: Sun, June 5, 2011 5:18:30 PM Subject: Questions for the cheap seats. Hi all. This is my fist post here, been lurking from day one. As a user I am trying to understand

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Richard S. Hall
On 6/5/11 16:50, Jochen Wiedmann wrote: On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 8:21 PM, Niall Pemberton niall.pember...@gmail.com wrote: IMO the only negative thing then about LibreOffice is the copyleft license - everything else about them is great. When deciding whether to accept OO we should consider

Re: OpenOffice LibreOffice

2011-06-05 Thread Keith Curtis
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 2:01 PM, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: Your input on apache.org lists hasn't impressed anyone with your general aptitude or social skill level.  By all means, if you insist on making more juvenile remarks we will be delighted to serve them up to the public

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Ross Gardler
Sent from my mobile device (so please excuse typos) On 5 Jun 2011, at 19:21, Niall Pemberton niall.pember...@gmail.com wrote: IMO the only negative thing then about LibreOffice is the copyleft license - everything else about them is great. When deciding whether to accept OO we should

Re: OpenOffice LibreOffice

2011-06-05 Thread Keith Curtis
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: Look, for reasons that won't ever be aired publically, TDF and Oracle failed to work out amicable terms.  Instead they worked out terms with us.  We aren't all that picky about new initiatives, that's why we have an

Re: Initial source files (was: OpenOffice: were are we now?)

2011-06-05 Thread Simon Phipps
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 8:44 PM, Ariel Constenla-Haile ariel.constenla.ha...@googlemail.com wrote: Concerning the extensions, by reading the file Sam Ruby uploaded, the following extensions are in the grant: snip Thanks, I'd missed those. Reassuring :-) I don't see the MySQL

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Ralph Goers
On Jun 5, 2011, at 11:24 AM, Simon Phipps wrote: On 5 Jun 2011, at 19:15, Greg Stein wrote: On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 14:05, William A. Rowe Jr. wr...@rowe-clan.net wrote: On 6/5/2011 10:43 AM, Ralph Goers wrote: I posted a similar statement yesterday. Personally, I think the traffic on

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Christian Lippka
Am 05.06.2011 21:34, schrieb André Schnabel: Hi, Am 05.06.2011 20:24, schrieb Simon Phipps: I'm more interested in the list of files from the Hg repository that are NOT in that list. I gotta believe it is non-zero, so what are they, and how much of a problem will that be? I've been

Re: OpenOffice LibreOffice

2011-06-05 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message From: Keith Curtis keit...@gmail.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Sent: Sun, June 5, 2011 6:12:14 PM Subject: Re: OpenOffice LibreOffice On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: Look, for reasons that won't ever be aired

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal

2011-06-05 Thread Friedrich Strohmaier
Hi Luke, *, No glue where to put in this so I choose this thread. A short introduction: I'm Friedrich Strohmaier, long term OpenOffice.org community member active (since ~ 2004) mainly in german language DVD project (infrastructure architect and worker) in OOo times until some days in december

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread robert_weir
Ralph Goers ralph.go...@dslextreme.com wrote on 06/05/2011 06:21:06 PM: I personally don't need anything sorted out before the project enters incubation. All I care about is whether the community will be able to effectively deal with it or be blocked by it. That just requires some idea of

Re: OpenOffice.org: Question to IBM regarding license of Lotus Symphony

2011-06-05 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Sam, Sam Ruby wrote (04-06-11 16:00) On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Cor Nouwsoo...@nouenoff.nl wrote: Sam Ruby wrote (04-06-11 13:35) Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 6:24 AM, a.kucka...@ping.de wrote: If yes: which licenses would IBM be willing to consider ? Is there any reason to believe that

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Ralph Goers
On Jun 5, 2011, at 3:30 PM, Niall Pemberton wrote: I agree with you - in this case I think it would be better if IBM collaborated with LibreOffice, rather than seeking to compete. But I could be wrong. I don't work for IBM but I do work for a corporation that uses a similar business

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Christian Lippka
Am 06.06.2011 00:28, schrieb Simon Brouwer: Op 5-6-2011 19:19, Christian Lippka schreef: Hi Ralph, Am 05.06.2011 18:46, schrieb Ralph Goers: On Jun 5, 2011, at 8:59 AM, Joe Schaefer wrote: I posted a similar statement yesterday. Personally, I think the traffic on this list has settled

RE: OpenOffice LibreOffice

2011-06-05 Thread Gavin McDonald
-Original Message- From: Keith Curtis [mailto:keit...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, 6 June 2011 7:32 AM To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: OpenOffice LibreOffice On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 2:01 PM, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: Your input on apache.org lists

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Cor Nouws
robert_w...@us.ibm.com wrote (05-06-11 23:25) So, it does not logically follow that if a proposal at Apache is rejected that we go to TDF/LO. After all, why would you ? -- - Cor - http://nl.libreoffice.org - To

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Niall Pemberton
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 10:30 PM, Richard S. Hall he...@ungoverned.org wrote: On 6/5/11 16:50, Jochen Wiedmann wrote: On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 8:21 PM, Niall Pemberton niall.pember...@gmail.com  wrote: IMO the only negative thing then about LibreOffice is the copyleft license - everything else

Re: OpenOffice LibreOffice

2011-06-05 Thread Keith Curtis
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: We only benefit if the code is contributed to us, as we only accept voluntary contributions.  Nobody is going to rifle thru LO's repository looking for juicy bits to snarf, we don't work like that.  What we're hoping

Re: OpenOffice LibreOffice

2011-06-05 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message From: Keith Curtis keit...@gmail.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Sent: Sun, June 5, 2011 6:45:15 PM Subject: Re: OpenOffice LibreOffice On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: We only benefit if the code is

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread robert_weir
Niall Pemberton niall.pember...@gmail.com wrote on 06/05/2011 06:30:06 PM: I agree with you - in this case I think it would be better if IBM collaborated with LibreOffice, rather than seeking to compete. But I could be wrong. And I support 100% your right to have that opinion and to

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