Hi, Daniel Carrera wrote: > Charles-H.Schulz wrote: > >> Hello Ian, >> I'm very surprized to learn that this consortium has been founded by the >> OASIS consortium? (see: >> http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39228251,00.htm) >> >> Is this true? > > > The article says it was founded by /members/ of... > > And as it happens some times in news, they goofed a bit in that they > summarized "OASIS TC" (ie. the guys who wrote up the specification) to > just "OASIS" (which conveys a different message). Gary Edwards is one > of the founders, and he is in the OASIS TC.
ah, but then that's different from being founded by the OASIS... > > >> Because I think that it's important to stress that this Fellowship is a >> purely private initiative, such as spreadopendocument.org, or >> friendsofopendocument.org . > > > I'm not sure of what you mean by "private initiative". How do you know > that this Fellowship is "private"? nothing mean, don't worry :-) ... I understand "private" as entity formed of individuals and corporations only representing themselves, which is the case here. > >> In this regard, it is right to explain to the public that if they wish >> to donate to this consortium, it will be a donation to a private group, >> not to, for instance, the OpenOffice.org's project, for instance. > > > I doubt that anyone would think that a donation to the Fellowship > would go to OpenOffice.org, since OOo isn't mentioned on the press > release, or anywhere really prominent on the website. OOo is listed > among the applications that support OpenDocument natively. Well, I like these things to be clear. After all, by reading the ZDNet article, people could have believed that OASIS founded this fellowship, when no such org, nor OpenOffice.org itself helped founding it. So, if one is able to make such mistakes, the understanding that by donating to this fellowship is the same that donating to OpenOffice.org is possible, but unfortunately wrong. Best, Charles. > > Cheers, > Daniel. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
