On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 11:48 AM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > > But the question is where do we draw the line?
Agreed. > At one pole, I think we all agree that released versions of AOO, > approved by the PMC and made available on the Apache mirrors,are > properly called "Apache OpenOffice". > > I think also, that most of us agree that exactly copies (MD5 hashes > match, etc.) of these releases may also be referred to as Apache > OpenOffice, whether distributed via other websites, on CD's, even if > offered for sale. This doesn't mean all cases are acceptable. If I > form a company called "OpenOffice Direct" and sell CD's of AOO from my > website and use the AOO logo, then this is a problem. Indeed. Just to throw an example scenario out there... I could see a case where my company (Fogbeam Labs) might want to ship a customized Apache OpenOffice distro. In that scenario, my current thinking would be that it would be called something like "Fogbeam Office" and that somewhere would live a statement like "Based on Apache OpenOffice" or "Powered By Apache OpenOffice" etc. Clarifying the details of that sort of situation would be of particular interest to me. Phil
