> -----Original Message----- > From: Marcus [mailto:marcus.m...@wtnet.de] > Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2020 8:15 PM > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: we are a ASF-project > > Am 09.09.20 um 20:00 schrieb Jörg Schmidt: > >> Even "open source" vs. "open-source" has already been > >> discussed in June. > > > > So you think it is in the interest of the ASF if one of its > projects uses a different spelling than the ASF itself? > > I understand your statement as a provocation. So, what do you want to > reach with this?
I don't want to achieve anything with it, because I can't achieve anything formally with it, because the discussion is closed. I just point out to all of us that it seems to me a strange procedure to discuss spelling. I had also provided prominent examples that show that the spelling that is normally used in the English-speaking world is "open source". I did this to make it clear that _if_ the correct spelling could be disputed at all, it seems reasonable to me to use the usual spelling. > The ASF is an international organization. IMHO for the most people > English not their native language. So, there will be always language > problems. Right, but that is not the problem at this point. > Therefore I'm sure that - in this case - the ASF is > not that > nitpicking as others. J This is correct. Marcus, things are much easier than you think. I know that in German the spelling of "Open Source" vs. "Open-Source" vs. "OpenSource" is quite controversial. Far less is (or: seems to me) controversial in English and so the spelling "open-source" caught my eye. Jörg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
