On Nov 10, 2011, at 11:48 AM, Louis Suárez-Potts wrote: > I continue (naturally) to receive many requests from businesses (small > and large) to use the trademarked "OpenOffice.org" logo. I generally > pass on these, as there seemed, until very recently, a mystery on how > to proceed. I'm still in need of enlightenment, and would appreciate > some guidance. > > * I think it's pointless to endorse "OpenOffice.org" at this point. > The probable name of its successor will be "Apache OpenOffice" or some > variant thereof. And that new name will come into play very soon > indeed. We will need to progressively inform all those using the old > logo/name/trademark to switch over with new installation sets.
It is not pointless. We plan to keep this registered trademark and domain regardless of the product name. > > * I would therefore like to be able to respond to those requesting use > of the trademark, etc., to wait a little bit, and then to return to > us—preferably to a wiki or even better, an automated service, such as > we used on OOo, for this. (The automated service allowed us to docket > requests and act more expeditiously, while also giving room for more > fully understanding the request. Otherwise, the requests were simply > sent to a list I set up for this and which John, Florian, and I > managed for several years, though it really seems like an eternity—and > John was doing much of the work.) I may be wrong, but trademark requests need to go to the PPMC. Since these are private matters - [email protected]. Requests will be evaluated and forwarded to [email protected] for approval. This is the current process which we've used in one or two cases. > > — > > I also receive many (well, a few) requests and inquiries about > contributing to OpenOffice.org code. (Rob has been included in one > such.) Right now, it's a little easier to tell people what to do—join > Apache's lists for OOo in the Incubator, participate, contribute. But > not all requests are quite so simple. For instance, what about > templates? Extensions? I have no problem with telling people to join > the lists where the contributions are, and to proceed according to the > Apache way (tao of apache?) but perhaps there are other answers I > should give? (Oh, and I have no problem whatsoever with others taking > on this role. I've just been doing it as an extension of my previous > existence modulo OOo, not as an assertion of nonexistent authority.) We've yet to find a volunteer to take the lead on dealing with these overloaded Drupal servers at OSUOSL. Regards, Dave > > Thanks > louis
