On Fri, 2006-05-12 at 10:41 +0200, Charles-H. Schulz wrote: > Hello Finn, > > Finn Gruwier Larsen a écrit : > > Hi John, > > > > John McCreesh skrev: > > > >> We are always happy to accept donations to the project. For details of > >> how > >> to contribute, please see http://contributing.openoffice.org/donate.html > > > > I wasn't aware of this possibilty. Who receives the money? Sun? And how > > is it ensured that the mony goes to OOo? Is there a separate account for > > this, and can we see how the money is spend, if any donations are > > actually received? > > No, it is an association called Team OpenOffice e.V that is based in > Germany and that allocates funding worldwide. But it's not like the > funds are big, and also don't forget that may native-lang projects have > their own legal entity with donations processes. > > This german association has been formed by Sun engineers in Hamburg, but > as individuals, not as Sun employees. > > Best, > Charles.
You forgot to mention that Team OpenOffice registered US Trademark 3063339 so we now have some control over the use, in the US, of our name et cetera. > > > > I have often felt that the lack of a marketing budget for OOo was one of > > the greatest obstacles for its spreading. Some marketing funding would > > be really nice to have. Actually, I happen to know a couple of companies > > and organizations here i Denmark, who would be willing to help. But of > > course they would want some kind of documentation for what what the > > money would actually be used for. They wouldn't want to just put the > > moneny into Sun's pocket. > > > > Finn > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
