Op 2-4-2012 21:58, Rob Weir schreef:
On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Simon Brouwer<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi all,
On the current front page of nl.openoffice.org, which I am starting to
update, it is explained how OpenOffice.org is both the name of our project
and our product.
I am not sure whether this is still accurate. In various places in the
software, such as the general starting screen and the "about"-dialog, it
appears to be presented quite prominently as Apache OpenOffice (or Apache
Open Office?).
If you see "Apache Open Office" (with the extra space) then that is
incorrect.
If you want to know the background you can read the Apache product
guidelines here:
http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/pmcs.html
Essentially the project and the product are required to have a name like
"Apache Foo". Most Apache projects use the same name for project and
product, though there are some deviations from that. But the "Apache" part
of the name is mandatory.
Several months ago we had a debate on this list and a vote, on whether to
go with "Apache OpenOffice" or "Apache OpenOffice.org". The name "Apache
OpenOffice" won.
However, transitioning the website(s) and the product UI to this new
branding will take time. But even after we switch to the new branding, you
will still see references on the website to "OpenOffice.org", for example
when referring to older releases. That is fine, I think.
-Rob
Thanks Rob, Juergen, for the clarifications.
--
Vriendelijke groet, Best regards,
Simon Brouwer
