Jonathon,

jonathon a écrit :
> Charles-H. Schulz wrote:
>
>   
>> What you do, OxgenOffice, is not legally compatible with OpenOffice.org.
>>     
>
> Legally incompatible? I seriously doubt that.
>   

Except with the new versions of OOo with an extensions manager that
allow you to download extensions such as templates from any source, some
templates were indeed not legally compatible.
Which, by the way, eliminates much of the need of an Oxygen Office.

>   
>> - content (templates) that are not under the LGPL (OOo is under the LGPL)
>>     
>
> There was a conscious decision by Sun, to not include
> anything which was not distributed under the LGPL. That does
> not mean that such content can not be distributed with OOo
> by other vendors.
>   

That's right. But this is an OOo list, not Oxygen Office, nor StarOffice...

> Not all of the templates in OxygenOffice are clear about the
> licence that they are distributed under.  Nonetheless, it is
> much easier to point somebody to the template package that
> Kami put together, than to try to hunt for them all over the
> Internet.
>   

I invite you to contribute to our new extensions web site project.


>   
>> - content that is illegal in many countries (Nazi symbols, etc.)
>>     
>
> The workaround for that is to not include the content that
> might violate the laws of a country that prohibits freedom
> of expression, from being distributed in that country.
>
> Which means pointing Kami (or anybody else) towards a
> comprehensive, authoritative list of what content is banned
> in what country, under what conditions.
>   

I believe that we've been working with Kami about this, and so does
Sophie (but Kami does not seem to get what I'm referring to... :-( )


Best,
Charles.




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