Hi Pedro, Hi Pedro, On Dec 21, 2011, at 5:19 PM, Pedro Giffuni wrote:
> Hi Dave; > > --- Mer 21/12/11, Dave Fisher <[email protected]> ha scritto: > ... >> Pavel, >> >> Thank you for your perspective. I think a properly released >> OpenOffice.org 3.3.1 is totally possible.. I recall Martin >> came to the list with the idea. We took separate paths. > > OOo 3.3.1 is impossible, We only release stuff under AL2. > I am sympathetic to such release but I don't see it possible. The keyword is "properly" - it is only possible with correct branding and attribution. This is an invitation to a public discussion. It becomes moot as this project picks up steam. I've been seeing Martin and Stephan's names all over the website. > >> There is now a chance to bring these paths together. >> > > That indeed can happen. We will surely want to fold TOO's > changes into AOO 3.4 (except for some of the branding stuff > that we still have to do on our own). > >> But the discussion has to happen here on the Apache >> OpenOffice (incubating) project list in public. >> > > Absolutely. > >> Oracle assigned the trademarks to the Apache Software >> Foundation and now the ASF as a non-profit must hold that >> asset in trust for the public. >> >> www.openoffice.org will be on Apache Infrastructure soon. >> It will remain. Versions like 3.3.1 could be supported. >> Every committer to AOO has authority to edit the website. >> Even that is under CTR. >> > > The WWW migration is becoming increasingly important. Certainly - ooo-site-staging.apache.org just got two more topnavs. I'm cleaning up mail subscriptions and we are down to some last policy pages. It is close..... see Kay's thread. > As a > result of the Open Letter we were Slashdotted: > > http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/1612224/asf-lays-out-its-plan-for-openofficeorg > > Some of the comments denote deep misunderstanding of the > incubator's work and still point to the openoffice.org site. > > I don't think at this point we should worry too much about > what TOO does or doesn't, the spotlight is here, and I am > pretty sure everyone is curious of what will come out in > Apache OpenOffice 3.4. Yes. Who's going to write a new blog entry. Regards, Dave > > cheers, > > Pedro.
