On May 9, 2013 6:34 PM, "Rob Weir" <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > > I wonder if we can make this be more rational? > > For example, the About box currently says: "Copyright © 2012 Apache > Software Foundation. > All rights reserved." > > That needs to be changed to 2013, right? +1 > > It also says, "This product was created by Apache Software Foundation, > based on Apache OpenOffice." > > That confuses me. It probably confuses users as well. Isn't this > Apache OpenOffice? Why are we saying "based on Apache OpenOffice" ? > I wonder if we can simply remove that line altogether.
+1 but the box should contain the name Apache open office. > > (Also, the Splash Screen makes a similar odd statement: "Build > contributed by member of the Apache OpenOffice community") I would suggest: Apache Open Office is created by volunteers. but I am fine with other texts that are not cryptic. > > Presumably these phrases came from earlier days when Sun or Oracle was > credited as the "contributor" of the executable. But I'm not sure > the distinction is important any more. > > The new License button, however, is very nice, giving quick access to > readme, license and notice. we should consider having the license en+local for national versions, with a note that the local version is a translation and the en version dominates. reasoning, our translators are not laywers and may unvolunterely change the meaning. rgds jan i > > -Rob > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >
