On Jun 22, 2013, at 9:09 AM, Kay Schenk wrote: > On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 9:57 AM, Dave Fisher <dave2w...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> >> On Jun 21, 2013, at 9:40 AM, Dr. Michael Stehmann wrote: >> >>> Am 21.06.2013 17:06, schrieb Rob Weir: >>>> On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 10:56 AM, RA Stehmann >>>> <anw...@rechtsanwalt-stehmann.de> wrote: >>>>> Hi Rob, >>>>> >>>>> I can understand your concerns, but they aren't drasticly. >>>>> >>>>> I'm with you, that we have to make clear, the Box isn't a product of >> the >>>>> ASF but distributed by the "Verein Freies Office Deutschland e.V..". >>>>> >>>>> But on the other hand the "Verein Freies Office Deutschland e.V.." >> isn't >>>>> any old third party. >>>>> >>>> >>>> We need to be fair. Treating one 3rd party special is not fair. >>> >>> Treating equal things unequal isn't fair, but it's also unfair treating >>> unequal things equal. You have to make the decision, what's equal and >>> whd what's unequa and in what aspect. That's the sense of "suum cuique >>> tribuere". >> >> My recollection of the discussion was. >> >> (1) Have a 3rd party page. >> >> (2) Each language may have their own 3rd party page. >> >> (3) Each language can have their own news feed. >> >> (4) Each news item may link to a 3rd party page. >> >> Conclusion. >> >> DE page can have news about PrOOo and point to a link on the 3rd party >> page. >> >> Do we all agree? >> >> Regards, >> Dave >> > > Could these points be placed in their own [PROPOSAL] thread so they could > be discussed on their own? > > If we could do that and either vote, or at least have a consensus, I think > it would be a good idea to further clarify this topic by adding a new "Web > guidelines" page to the project site -- http://openoffice.apache.org/
Done. I certainly want to separate this ... let's move forward. Saying less can be saying more. (A paraphrase of Mies van der Rohe's "Less is More") Regards, Dave > > > >>>> >>>>> It's a charitable german entity supporting Free office software. It's >>>>> still supporting Apache OpenOffice. The computer an the monitor at our >>>>> Fosdem stand were provided by "Verein Freies Office Deutschland e.V..". >>>>> >>>>> Disclaimer: I'm no member of that club, but know persons who are. >>>>> >>>>> So IMO it's ok to put that news in the news line of the homepage, >> making >>>>> clear, who's the distributor of that product. >>>>> >>>> >>>> I'd be much happier if the German community listened to what I am >>>> saying and took steps to address the full issue. IMHO you need to add >>>> a page that gives equal access to all 3rd party ports and >>>> distributions, and not just favor a single one with a news >>>> announcement. >>> >>> see above. >>> >>> IMO you like to treat uneqal things equal. >>> >>> Making a page presenting third party products makes sense. >>> >>> But it don't makes sense, presenting all third party products in the >>> news. And it makes IMO sense presenting the box there. >>> >>>> >>>> If you then give announcements of updates to these distributions, >>>> whenever they occur, and do such announcements fairly, not for just a >>>> single 3rd party, then this might be OK. So if you really want to >>>> move this forward I'd highly recommend creating and maintaining a >>>> German version of the porting page: >>>> http://www.openoffice.org/porting/ >>>> >>> >>> Doing one thing doesn't mean to drop another. >>> >>> Regards >>> Michael >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> >> > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MzK > > "If you stick with a vision, it might not all work, > but some of it will be absolute genius." > -- Kim Cattrall --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
