"Andre Schnabel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > Hi, > > . > > > > Ian, You should be asking the Community Council why the sale of > > OpenOffice.org CDs for personal profit is acceptable while telling > > the Authors they must donate any profits derived from the sale of > > oooAuthors documentation to Team OpenOffice.org e.V. > > No no .. that's not the point and here are some misunderstandings. > > It is ok to sell CD's, Books or anything else, as long as it in line > with the licenses. > What the concern of the community council is, is that such "for sale" > items should be placed to dedicated places so that they do not get > mixed up with free community ressources. Only exception from that > rule: profits from such sales go to the OOo commnity (what meas at the > moment are handed over to Team OOo e.V.). > > So, what was discussed at the Council, was to move the "by a printed > copy" links from > http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html to another > place (e.g. the Books section at > http://support.openoffice.org/index.html > was ok). > The other option was to leave the links within the community section > but give the profits to Team OOo e.V. . > > Please note, that I'm speaking here for myself and not in the name of > the council. Obviously the council needs to find a more clear wording > for this issue. > > > > > You are forgetting that it was the CC that proposed taking the list > > away from oooAuthors, and removing oooAuthors documentation from > > the OpenOffice.org Website, and now people are complaining even > > members of the CC who supported the proposal. Now go ask them why. > > As said: the Council did not ask to move away the list from OOo, and > did not ask to remove all OOoAuthors documentation. > The only (still discussed, not yet requested) thing was to remove the > "by a copy here" links. >
OK, when this is the real position of the CC (though André said, that he's speaking for himself and not for the CC!) than I can accept the decision. It would be ok for me, to remove the links. (I didn't know, that someone (Jean?) had put them in to this page.) > > > > It appears, to me, the CC has developed a severe case of double > > standards. > > No. In fact, it is about having same standards for all. If you find > other places, that mix up community ressources and paid-for materials > (where profits are not used for the community), please tell. OK, when I find some things, I'll tell you. :) Sigrid
