Hi
On 2007-01-14, at 09:18 , Charles-H.Schulz wrote:
Hello Alex, Louis, all,
I'd just like to bring everybody together here by considering that
Louis
did not mean to do what some here thought he did, and that all this
was
a misunderstanding. Can we agree on this and put an end to it?
Indeed. This is a big misunderstanding.
More inline....
In a previous discussion with André, I considered setting up a Legal
project within the Community, in order to be able to discuss this
kind
of thing as a forum for debating and obtaining agreement as to policy
statements that could be made by the Community and appear on the
site.
This wouldn't IMHO be the sole remit of such a project, but it
would of
course require expertise from my peers in the various participating
countries, assuming we actually have any (which I don't know at this
present time). At the moment, I don't have the time to commit to
such a
project, at least not on my own, and it would inevitably mean my
giving
up participation in some of the others, qa testing for example, or FR
documentation, but I am still giving it some serious thought,
because a
project of this size needs a legal conscience of some kind, and as
yet
it has none, save that offered by its major sponsor, Sun, to which
we,
unfortunately, in the Community are not privy.
The idea of a legal project is quite appealing to me, Alex. It may be
actually useful to think about its goals, and set up a team of experts
and experienced community members to deal with legal affairs.
What do you guys think about it?
I think it would be fine to discuss legal issues ... but why site it
on OOo? I mean, there are other projects that have similar issues--we
are hardly alone here, though we may be more international than
most. But there is the license-discuss list, for one, and that might
be a place for such discussions.
Best,
Charles.
Best,
louis
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