Re: Activation codes

2014-11-23 Thread Rory O'Farrell
/checksums.html Regards, Andrea. If I may make one comment (as a native English speaker): Activation codes is perhaps an unhappy choice of words. Activation codes normally indicates to a user that this is a code to unlock a trial version of a program, which we know is not the case with OpenOffice

Re: Activation codes

2014-11-23 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Rory O'Farrell wrote: If I may make one comment (as a native English speaker): Activation codes is perhaps an unhappy choice of words. That was simply the thread subject. What I am talking about here (i.e., packaging the installer in a way that is accepted by Windows and Mac OS X) is known

Re: Activation codes

2014-11-23 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 15:48:55 +0100 Andrea Pescetti pesce...@apache.org wrote: Rory O'Farrell wrote: If I may make one comment (as a native English speaker): Activation codes is perhaps an unhappy choice of words. That was simply the thread subject. What I am talking about here (i.e

Re: Activation codes

2014-11-22 Thread Andrea Pescetti
On 16/11/2014 Andrea Pescetti wrote: The current OpenOffice 4.1.1 will probably be the last version where the Windows version is not signed. An update and a clarification: we expect to deliver signed binaries by the end of 2014 (see dev list) and when I speak about signed binaries, I mean

Re: Activation codes

2014-11-22 Thread Julian Thomas
On Nov 22, 2014, at 09:13, Andrea Pescetti pesce...@apache.org wrote: An update and a clarification: we expect to deliver signed binaries by the end of 2014 (see dev list) and when I speak about signed binaries, I mean signed binaries that Windows recognizes as such: all past versions of

RE: Activation codes

2014-11-22 Thread chuck ef
that. Subject: Re: Activation codes From: j...@jt-mj.net Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 12:27:25 -0500 To: users@openoffice.apache.org On Nov 22, 2014, at 09:13, Andrea Pescetti pesce...@apache.org wrote: An update and a clarification: we expect to deliver signed binaries by the end

Re: Activation codes

2014-11-22 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Julian Thomas wrote: Will the OS X versions get rid of the need for overriding the safety switch? Short answer is yes, but please follow the dev list for details (there is an extra legal check needed before we can implement it on Mac). Regards, Andrea.

Activation codes

2014-11-16 Thread Rosemarie Brisciana
at the 4.1.0 edition whereas I followed the procedure a third time and was told that the update had been downloaded successfully.   What is happening with Open Office and why did I have to spend money for 2 useless activation codes ?   Thanks for a quick answer. In addition, I'm willing to help

Re: Activation codes

2014-11-16 Thread akkurtb
:00) To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Activation codes Hello, As a great user in France of all the Open Office products, I am experiencing problems with the update, and am currently using the 4.1.0 edition. Every time I click to open or create a document, I'm invited to update

Re: Activation codes

2014-11-16 Thread Rory O'Farrell
Office and why did I have to spend money for 2 useless activation codes ?   Thanks for a quick answer. In addition, I'm willing to help improve Open Office products - but at no cost !   Rosemarie Brisciana     If you download through www.openoffice/org/download You

Re: Activation codes

2014-11-16 Thread James Knott
On 11/16/2014 04:59 AM, Rosemarie Brisciana wrote: When I try to do so and am connected to an official page, I'm invited to spend 4.5 euros for a first activiation code, You have downloaded it from somewhere other than www.openoffice.org. There are sites that charge for something that's free.

Re: Activation codes

2014-11-16 Thread Urmas
Rosemarie Brisciana: I'm invited to spend 4.5 euros for a first activiation code, then another 4.5 euros for a second one. All that could have been avoided if OpenOffice signed its binaries. But they are too cheap to do that simple step.

Re: Activation codes

2014-11-16 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Urmas wrote: All that could have been avoided if OpenOffice signed its binaries. But they are too cheap to do that simple step. We simply take it very seriously. You can find updates from October at https://blogs.apache.org/infra/entry/code_signing_service_now_available and you can expect