Hi Thorsten, all, On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 09:44:55PM +0200, Thorsten Behrens wrote: > 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. > > 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).
The end result would be unmanageable; I will not use TDF as a vendor string. > 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" Yeah, I'll do that. The packages will not be limited to NetBSD either: pkgsrc runs on many common operating systems and every user is potentially able to create a package. > 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. ;) I'm not sure what to do here; I believe the original thinkers behind the existing text did not take into account the reality of packaging and redistribution. Maybe it should be best they revisit what they meant and what is actually written / possible in light of this situation first; I'm afraid it will lead to more misunderstanding if I just start to propose modifications to the text without having a good grasp of the issues behind it. > > 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. :) How can I do that ? And what does a membership entails ? -- Francois Tigeot -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/steering-discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
