Hi, I am gonna try to answer your question, although I am not that experienced:
If you are the author of the code, you may send it in as MPL + LGPLv3 to LibreOffice and to ALv2 to OpenOffice. Might this answer your question? Liebe Grüße, / Yours, Florian Reisinger Am 06.03.2013 um 16:31 schrieb Jim Jagielski <j...@jagunet.com>: > Thanks for the reply, but the policy doesn't answer my specific question. > > I have a patch which is written for LibreOffice. However, > I want to provide that patch to LO under both LGPLv3 AND ALv2. > Based *solely* on the fact that it is dual-licensed and > nothing else, is such a patch acceptable. > > Dropping OpenOffice since they have already indicated that > the answer for them is YES. > > And this is not a theoretical question. I have been > approached by people and companies stating that > they wish to help LO but want to provide their code > patches also under ALv2 (for internal legal reasons) > and have been told that TDF and LO refuses to accept such > code/patches/etc *simply* because it is dual/triple/quadruple > licensed under the ALv2. > > tia. > > On Mar 5, 2013, at 3:08 PM, Florian Effenberger > <flo...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: > >> Hello Jim, >> >> thank you for your e-mail. You'll find TDF's policy on this subject here: >> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/License_Policy >> >> Best, >> Florian >> >> >> Jim Jagielski wrote on 2013-03-05 18:32: >>> >>> On Mar 5, 2013, at 10:34 AM, Jim Jagielski <j...@jagunet.com> wrote: >>> >>>> So far, I've rec'd an answer from AOO... I'd appreciate >>>> an answer from TDF as well. >>>> >>>> On Mar 4, 2013, at 11:39 AM, Jim Jagielski <j...@jagunet.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> BTW, Please be sure that I'm on the CC list, so I get >>>>> any and all responses :) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mar 4, 2013, at 8:08 AM, Jim Jagielski <j...@jagunet.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hello there. >>>>>> >>>>>> This Email is being directed to the 2 controlling bodies of >>>>>> the Apache OpenOffice Project and LibreOffice (TDF). You will >>>>>> notice that I am sending this from my non-ASF account. >>>>>> >>>>>> Recently, at various conferences, I have been approached by >>>>>> numerous people, both 100% volunteer as well as more "corporate" >>>>>> affiliated, wondering if it was OK for them to submit code, >>>>>> patches and fixes to both AOO and LO at the same time. In >>>>>> general, these people have code that directly patches LO >>>>>> but they also want to dual-license the code such that it >>>>>> can also be consumed by AOO even if it requires work and >>>>>> modification for it to be committed to, and folded into, >>>>>> the AOO repo. My response has always been that as the >>>>>> orig author of their code/patches/whatever, they can >>>>>> license their contributions as they see fit. However, >>>>>> I have been told that they have rec'd word that such >>>>>> dual-licensed code would not be accepted by, or acceptable >>>>>> to, either the AOO project and/or LO and/or TDF and/or >>>>>> the ASF. >>>>>> >>>>>> Therefore, I am asking for official confirmation from >>>>>> both projects and both entities that both projectsSo >>>>>> are fully OK with accepting code/patches/etc that >>>>>> are licensed in such a way as to be 100% consumable >>>>>> by both projects. For example, if I have a code patch >>>>>> which is dual-licensed both under LGPLv3 and ALv2, that >>>>>> such a patch would be acceptable to both LO and AOO. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
