On Thursday, February 19, 2015, Dennis E. Hamilton <dennis.hamil...@acm.org> wrote:
> I favor the option proposed by Tim Williams. I think a good interim > maneuver is to remove the sidebar link and then we can fuss about the page > ad lib. I haven't checked on the notice that Marcus put up just yet. If > that stays, it needs to ripple through the translations too. I too favor the option proposed by Tim > > If I have to cast a ballot on the [VOTE] as worded, it will be for > deletion. I strongly believe voting is doing more damage than good. but given the choices, I would have to VOTE +1 for deleting the page. but please sleep on it, cancel the vote tomorrow, and make a wording together with Andrea that the PMC (this includes Jim and yourself) are happy with. rgds jan i > > - Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Williams [mailto:william...@gmail.com <javascript:;>] > Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 09:53 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org <javascript:;> > Subject: Re: Proposal to change or remove a web page that seems to cause > unfruitful discussions. > > On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 12:44 PM, jan i <j...@apache.org <javascript:;>> > wrote: > > [ ... ] > > I simply do not see the need that AOO goes out alone, on confrontation > > course with ASF, to explain the difference in licenses seen specifically > > for our pow. We do not need this kind of pointing fingers. Let other > > projects use the license they believe in and let us use the license ASF > > believe in without telling we are better or even different than the > others. > > fwiw, as a lurker here, that approach is much more consistent with the > broader culture around here. Leave the provocative stuff to personal > blogs and media. I think a good solution is to just delete the page > and add a link to the faq[1] to your existing 'free' page[2] - I just > don't see any value beyond what's already written between those two. > > Thanks, > > --tim > > [1] - http://www.apache.org/foundation/license-faq.html#WhatDoesItMEAN > > [2] - http://www.openoffice.org/why/why_free.html > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > <javascript:;> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > <javascript:;> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > <javascript:;> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > <javascript:;> > > -- Sent from My iPad, sorry for any misspellings.
