On Thu, 2005-02-03 at 22:17 -0500, Daniel Carrera wrote: > Jonathon Coombes wrote: > > > From memory, the main issue with clipart,photos etc were that > > Sun could not validate them. So what they wanted was for all > > submissions (same with the code) to be licensed as Sun being > > part owners. This idea was absurd when it came to public domain > > images etc and I believe it was put to the community council > > to look at alternatives to the license for special cases such > > as art, templates etc. > > It's completely absurd. Like you said, it's *public* *domain* > > :-( > > > > I would think that we may not be able to put the photos on the > > OOo site until this issue is resolved with Sun, > > I wasn't referring to the site, I was referring to the product.
This may be a bit harder to distinguish license issues between these two. Essentially, anything bundled "within" OpenOffice.org or the website, is under Sun scrutiny. Am I right here, anyone? > > but that does not stop us making a second cdrom image to distribute > > via our normal channels. As such, we can have one cdrom with all the > > programs, documentation and source, and the second one could be > > the templates, clipart, photos etc. > > > > What do other people think? > > Maybe we can have an "Extras" download that includes clipart, photos, tons > of templates and maybe some neat macros. When someone downloads OOo they > are informed that there is an Extras download available. Yes, essentially that is what I was proposing. Whether it is by download, cdrom or both does not matter. Jonathon --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
