On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Louis Suárez-Potts <lui...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 12-12-31, at 11:53 , Rob Weir <rabas...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Dec 31, 2012, at 7:45 AM, Armin Le Grand <armin_le_gr...@me.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi List, >>> >>> my wife showed me the following link which leads to the AppStore, to an AOO >>> ODF format raeder application nicely using the AOO logo, link is >>> >>> https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/ooreader/id480844649?mt=8 >> >> >> >> Interesting. But does anyone recall giving permission to use the logo? >> The way they are using it appears (to me at least) a relationship >> with the AOO project which is unwarranted. >> > I checked if we'd granted them permission to use OpenOffice.org logo etc back > in the day but came up with no record of that. (It would be in the logos@ > openofficedotorg list, a private one but archived, or was, once.) BML > Solutions is evidently based in Montreal, thus, as the loonie flies, not far > from me. I can contact them and ask them about this, as well as their general > work, and ask them to work with us, as we require all to do. >
Do you get any sense of whether their app involves any AOO code at all? IMHO, it would be hard to justify giving permission to use the logo if the app involved neither the community nor the code. > My guess is that they are operating in ignorance of our very reasonable rules > or under innocent assumptions. But I like to think the best of people. > >> -Rob > > Cheers, > Louis > > PS I downloaded it and have been playing with it. I do think they'd be > worthwhile to include in the community, as they represent that most essential > element of any large open source project, the ecosystem. >> >> >>> >>> Juat wanted to share with all, looks interesting. Did anyone check this >>> out, maybe compared with the already available Syphony viewer which is also >>> free? They offer a 'profesional' version for money which shall be capable >>> of biggerr files, too (not so good, but...) >>> >>> Happy new year! >>> Armin >>> >>> -- >>> ALG (iPad) >
