Francois Tigeot wrote:
> > In this context you may see TDF as "the original manufacturer" (of
> > the source code) while you are the "immediate supplier" (of the
> > final package containing your modifications).
> 
> Okay. In this context, the vendor would be the packager then.
> 
Hi Francois, all,

oh fun, since this is a real corner case - unless nobody distributes
binaries from your config, I guess keeping TDF as the vendor would
be fine (to make that 100% undisputable, you may want to commit that
file to our git repos, and use it as the authoritative source).

Once NetBSD starts providing binary packages, things change - then
you should use the wording as Andre suggested below:

> > Why not use something like "NetBSD pkgsrc Team" - this is more or
> > less what the Linux distributions do. They use "LibreOffice" but a
> > different vendor string, which proudly states that they did invest
> > some effort to bring the packages to their users.
> 
> Well, I asked the question to a group of pkgsrc developers first, and the
> answer I got was to use The Document Foundation name ;-)
> The wording on the website heavily influenced the discussion towards this
> result.
> 
Sigh. Well, the intended meaning is as Michael originally said -
LibreOffice is ok to use, TDF is reserved. Hints on how to improve
the wording appreciated. ;)

> Hmm, another complication here: I'm a committer and I did this sort of work
> in the last few months to port LibreOffice to the DragonFly BSD operating
> system.
>
Just as an aside - with all that work you've done, we'd be honoured
to receive your application as a TDF member. :)

Hope this helps,

-- Thorsten

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