On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 10:24 -0800, Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: > Hi > > >On Thu, 2005-02-03 at 21:45 -0500, Daniel Carrera wrote: > >> Jonathon, > >> > >> Do you think there's a chance we'll convince the release team to > >> include a few more templates, photos and clipart with OOo? I've been > >> arguing about that for ages. There are thousands of public domain > >> photos from Open Clip Art and tons of templates we could be shipping > >> with OOo. > > > >>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. > > Hm. We just finished the latest of several discussions on such matters. > Far as I recall without looking at the archives, public domain is > acceptable. Also acceptable for the site. But, you are right, one does > need to ensure it really is public domain. is that what you mean by > "validate"?
Yes. The burningwell site is a place where people can upload their own photos to contribute to other people under public domain license. Most of the photos will be from amateur photographers such as myself. :) Regards Jonathon --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
