Hi. We have a page http://www.openoffice.org/why/why_compliance.html which seems to be like a red carpet to a number of people.
There are of course people who do not like the page because they would like another license to have the headline, they are not my concern (as long as the page we produce are correct). There are also people (myself included) that feel this page can too easily be misread as expressing the view of ASF and AOO. The page has lately been changed and among other a line at the bottom has been added: " *The Apache Software Foundation does not take a position on, recommend or advise the use or non-use of any particular software license or family of licenses."* Surely that is enough in legal terms indicate that the page is the opinion of somebody not ASF. But for many they see this as the normal disclaimer and being on the bottom many do not even read it. We as a project cannot and should not speak on behalf of ASF, nor should we have web pages that causes longer negative discussions (I cannot refer to the mails on private@ and elsewhere, but only say that lately we talk about a lot of mails). I, as PMC member, do not see the need for a page that causes this kind of discussions, and would prefer to see it removed....however a statement on top of the page saying something like: "This page do not reflect the opinion of ASF or the AOO PMC" would at least stop the negative discussions. Thoughts? rgds jan I.
