Hi Aravind, please read the answers you received before firing off new ones:
https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/msg04604.html https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/msg04636.html https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/msg04638.html Ciao Paolo On 09/07/2020 18:49, Aravind Palla wrote: > There is no need to downplay the LibreOffice (Community Edition) in order to > lure the proposed enterprise edition. The sudden and unexpected additions in > the development branch to the extent that 'you are using a Personal Edition > which is intended for individual use' has, undoubtedly created commotion > among the community. > > LibreOffice was and is regarded as a Freedom Software and many volunteers and > including the eco-system companies (I believe) have contributed the > vast-majority of the code without any commercial/enterprise edition. The > office suite has achieved great heights all these years. > > It is purely a moral obligation on the individuals / non-individuals to give > back to the community. > > Even if it is only to lure the governments/commercial entities to sell the > proposed LibreOffice Enterprise edition, I reiterate that there is no need to > downplay the standard edition. > > What will be 'special' and what will be the exclusive 'support', etc., in the > proposed enterprise edition? Can the board clarify? > > - Aravind Palla > > > > > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > On Thursday, July 9, 2020 10:04 PM, Michael Stahl <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On 09.07.20 18:19, Andreas Mantke wrote: >> >>> and there are three reasons, why TDF is "Gemeinnützig": >>> >>> - der Volks- und Berufsbildung, >>> - der Wissenschaft und Forschung, insbesondere auf dem Gebiet der >>> Informatik, >>> >>> - des bürgerschaftlichen Engagements zugunsten gemeinnütziger Zwecke. >>> >>> (non binding English translation: >>> >>> - Public and professional education >>> - Science and research, particularly in the field of computer science >>> - Civic engagement for non-profit purposes) >>> >>> There is nothing in this lines about the promotion of an ecosystem of >>> service providers (etc.). >> i don't believe anybody is claiming that promotion of an ecosystem of >> service providers should be a goal of TDF - what i understand is being >> claimed is that it can be a good means, a tool to eventually help >> reach the actual defined goals of TDF to a fuller extent, and the >> proposed marketing plan is a way to increase the ... leverage(?) ... of >> the means/tool. >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] >> Problems? >> https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >> Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ >> Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > > -- Paolo Vecchi - Deputy Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: https://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint
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