Speaking of artwork usage permission, I haven't gotten a reply to that
(I've sent about two emails, I think) and it's been close to six months
since I sent the first one... I also haven't gotten a response to being
on the community distributors list, either... In about the same time
frame...
On 4/22/2010 6:43 AM, Alex Fisher wrote:
Hi Adam,
(answers and comments interspersed, CC: OP as post was moderated)
Hi There
I author the covermounted CD-ROM for BBC Who Do You Think You Are?
Magazine, a UK-based publication licensed from the BBC TV programme of the
same name and published monthly by BBC Magazines Bristol (a subsidiary of
Origin Publishing).
We have heard of the programme here in the Antipodes :)
We regularly include tables of data and records on the disc, invariably in
PDF or HTML format, and we use these formats largely so that the magazine
readers can view the files using standard and freely-downloadable
applications. However we regularly have problems with this approach
because (as you probably know) once one starts getting beyond a certain
amount of data in a table (or similar) PDF and HTML files become wholly
inadequate and take wwwaaaayyyyy too long to render etc.
Oh yes :(
when the file is
opened. We had considered working around this by including Micro$oft's
free Excel Viewer and Access Runtime installers when necessary, but these
are Windows-only apps and so leave our Mac-based readers high-and-dry.
And don't forget the Linux users. A small but growing group, particularly now
Mandriva and Ubuntu are pushing it.
And then it occurred to me - Open Office is the perfect solution -
<Irish> It is indade it is it is....</Irish> (Sorry 'bout that - my
grandparents were Irish and Scottish, and the Irish bursts forth from time to
time...).
therefore: - What do we need to do in order to get a license to distribute
the Open Office installers on our cover-discs on those occasions when it's
required? - Would it be sufficient for me, as the freelance disc author,
to gain the license, or would the publishers have to apply for it?
In fact, no-one needs to "apply" for a license. OpenOffice.org (OO.o for
short) is Open Source Software (OSS), licensed under the Limited General
Public License (LGPL). If you want to read the full text of the license, you
can find it at<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html>, or just install OO.o
and you'll find a copy in the installation folder.
In essence, the LGPL allows distribution and/or sale of the software without
restriction. It also allows modifications to the software.
So really, all you need to do is to include the Windows and Mac installers on
your CD, and you've automatically fulfilled your obligation to include a copy
of the LGPL.
To use our official logos and artwork (which can be found at
<http://marketing.openoffice.org/art/>) you will need to apply for permission.
That is done by sending an email to<[email protected]>. You
should expect to get a reply eventually, but since the address is only
monitored by one or two volunteers, it may take a while. But, provided you
don't try to modify the logos, that permission will be granted, and it would
be quite safe to proceed on that assumption.
We also make available images for installation CDs. These can be downloaded
from<http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/iso_download.html>. You'll note
thee are 4 images, only 3 (or possibly only 2) would really be of interest to
you. I'd suggest that you either pop them onto a DVD or supply the Mac disk
separately (although, if you scrap the Mac PPC installer, you might be able to
fit the Windows and Mac installers on one CD, which you could then include on
the cover).
Many thanks
Adam Crute
Wishing you the best,
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