You can always use an un-attributed template as inspiration, but I would be very cautious when modifying and distributing something that you do not have permission to do. After all, respecting intellectual property is a key foundation of our community.
Sent from my Android phone. On 11/02/2011 12:35 PM, "David Nelson" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Marc, :-) > > As I said, I do understand your concerns. But I'm wondering what Alex > might have to say about law and convention, and Internet flotsam and > jetsam. > > What does one do when one finds a perfectly serviceable template but > cannot, in all good faith, find the author? Wouldn't it be enough to > have an attribution "Currently Anonymous" and to say briefly where we > found it? And if that template is found in a location that is > basically distributing "free" commodities (GPL, CC, etc.), then are we > doing anything really wrong in doing more work on it and passing it on > to the world? > > After all, if there is a complaint, we can always remove it. > > I do understand the concern for attribution of credit. But what about > the person that does maintenance and development on > previously-existing templates? That's work that goes completely > unrecognized, right? There's always a certain amount of work one does > for FOSS that simply goes without recognition... > > I think you get the idea of what I mean. So what do you think? Any > comment from Alex? > > David Nelson > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/design/ > *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/design/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
