Thanks Tom. We're going to contact him. best, Charles.
Le Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:46:00 +0100 (BST), Tom Davies <[email protected]> a écrit : > Hi :) > The users list got an unusual email from a fairly vast organisation > that is primarily a vast distribution network. > > > A couple of people pointed them towards the marketing list but i > think there are other issues that might require a dialogue with the > Steering Committee and/or BoD and/or the Advisory Board. > > > I have included my verbose response to their initial enquiry but > please skip that and focus on their request at the bottom of this > email. Two other people responded before me with RTFM type answers > pointing them towards Marketing. I think we need to be more prepared > next time but it's not really something that is easy to prepare for > as it is unlikely to happen again. > > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > > ----- Forwarded Message ---- > From: Tom Davies <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Sent: Fri, 24 June, 2011 10:51:58 > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Steam Distribution Inquiry > > > Hi :) > > I think the main people you need to contact are the Steering Committee > [email protected] > General discussions about other aspects of TDF are on a separate list > [email protected] > but the steering discuss is the more useful list for your needs i > think. > > LibreOffice is released under copyleft agreements so you don't really > need to even ask permission to copy and distribute. There are a few > caveats of course. The original source code must be made available to > anyone that wants it. > > > If you want to mirror the TDF download sites then this list might be > helpful for a quick result > [email protected] > > > Further Detail > If you make a profit then it would be best to give a percentage or > just an amount of that back to TDF. Steam personel can modify the > code but licensing and maintaining the result is tricky unless you > choose the same copyleft agreement as the original. Many > organisations put resources (time, personnel, whatever) into TDF to > develop code, documentation, translations and so on to get some > control over which issues are addressed in those areas. This will > happen more although the individual volunteers base also grows > rapidly and everyone is treated equally within TDF as it is a > meritocracy. Some organisations such as Google, RedHat, Novell and > so on have put people on an advisory board that advises the Steering > Committee and the Board of Directors. Steam could become a full > member at that level but it costs a bit and i am not sure about the > details. Again that is an issue for the Steering Committee > [email protected] > > > Side Issues > If you want to create Dvds to distribute then there are various > 'localised' versions available. I think the North American, German, > Spanish, possibly Brazilian 'localised' versions are already > available but you could have people join in to help develop those or > others. The marketting list is useful for that and things such as > the international magazine (developed originally by the Brazilian > Team) [email protected] > As other people have already stated that might be a good place to > deal with most of the issues you asked about. Personally i think > Steam are large enough to have issues that the Steering Committee > might be more helpful with > [email protected] > > Perhaps join the websites list to find out about whether TDF have > torrenting set-up. > > [email protected] > > If you would like to develop a UI, perhaps as an "add-on" (we call > them "Extensions") then the Design Team might be interested and might > be keen to help with the work > [email protected] > > > As you can see there are a lot of groups working at different aspects > and it just depends how quickly you want Steam to integrate into > those areas to maximise their usefulness to Steam. For a fast result > i would talk to the Mirrors group and then also join the Steering > group list for discussions about expanding the potential for Steam. > > Good luck and regards from > Tom Davies > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Mark Richardson <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, 23 June, 2011 18:27:13 > Subject: [libreoffice-users] Steam Distribution Inquiry > > Hello, > > We would like to discuss distributing LibreOffice through our > worldwide digital platform, Steam. We are a leader in video game > distribution and service. We are launching an application store in > October and would like to include LibreOffice. You can find us at > Steampowered.com. > > We are a worldwide distributor with 30 million customers, in 22 > languages, 21 localized payment forms and 3 currencies. > > Let me know when you might have a chance to discuss. > > Sincerely, > Mark Richardson > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > 425-952-2785 > > -- Charles-H. Schulz Membre du Comité exécutif The Document Foundation. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/steering-discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
