[dev] Re: http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/ is down...
I've asked directly of the maintainer of record, once, and so let's see. The Why no doubt has to do with the uncertainties surrounding Oracle's relation to OOo commercial deployment (selling). -louis On 2011-05-26, at 03:34 , Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 25/05/11 19:53, Volker Merschmann a écrit : Hi all, Not down, but suffering some problems, see http://openoffice.org/projects/extensions/lists/websites/archive/2011-05/message/6 The question is : why ? The problems have been around for more than a month now. Alex -- - To unsubscribe send email to dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help -- - To unsubscribe send email to dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[dev] Re: [marketing-dev] OpenOffice.org status and v3.4 final release
On 2011-04-26, at 10:23 , Allen Pulsifer wrote: Greetings, Normally the OpenOffice.org holds a Release Status Meeting every Monday and reports the minutes at http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/ReleaseStatus_Minutes . I notice that no meeting has been held the last two Mondays. Is anyone working on a final release of OpenOffice.org v3.4? Yes. 3.4 will be going out, as I was informed of this by Mathias Bauer, cc'd here. For example, the web page at http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/OOoRelease34 lists the following persons that are responsible for some aspect of the release: antbryan, hde, ja, jsc, md, mike, mla, and rosana. Which of those persons, if any, are still involved in the release and or involved in the OpenOffice.org project? Second, according to http://council.openoffice.org/ , the following persons are members or deputy members of the OpenOffice.org Community Council: Louis Suárez-Potts, Matthias Huetsch, Kazunari Hirano, Stefan Taxhet, Martin Hollmichel, Andreas Bartel, Juergen Schmidt, Carsten Driesner, Eike Rathke. Which if any of these persons remain involved with the OpenOffice.org project?j All. When is the next meeting of the OpenOffice.org Community Council? We had an informal one last Thursday to discuss the announcement by Edward Screven Oracle regarding Oracle's intentions for OOo. Nothing was concluded, as none of us has any special information. From my perspective, the most important thing is to continue with the development of OOo and the ODF so that the market and those who use and depend upon the application are not disappointed. Would any member of the OpenOffice.org Community Council care to comment or inform us of the current status of the project? Yes, I would be happy to. I'd be even happier to know what is really going on. I have been acting as directly as possible, to preserve this project and its community, and to ensure that its value is both appreciated and even grows. But I just have zero real knowledge, though I do hope that changes Real Soon Now. Regardless, I am quite optimistic that the outcome will be more than satisfactory and put OOo on truly solid ground—not one based on rhetoric but code and community engagement, including that of the developers. But let's see…. I'll be posting too to my blog, http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/ Thank you, Allen Pulsifer -Louis -- - To unsubscribe send email to dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[dev] Re: [native-lang-com] Japan Earthquake: Kazunari Hirano needs our help
All, On 2011-03-23, at 01:08 , Peter Junge wrote: OpenOffice.org Community, our long term friend and OOo contributer Kazunari Hirano from Japan lives in Ichinoseki (http://pds.exblog.jp/pds/1/201103/18/84/a0005484_21312387.jpg), which has been heavily shaken by the earthquake on March 11th. Ichinoseki is also located in the direct back-country of the coast areas of Rikuzentakada and Ofunato which have been devastated by the tsunami. Hundred thousands of people lost their homes and are still in need of an appropriate shelter. Now, Kazunari wants to prepare his little school as an emergency accommodation for evacuees. For the details please read: http://openoffice.exblog.jp/12298764/ What Kazunari needs most is money to take care of the expenses for his generous venture. For this reason, we are collecting donations for Kazunari using the channels of Team OpenOffice.org e.V.. You can send money via PayPal, credit card, bank transfer or check. For details please refer: http://contributing.openoffice.org/donate.html Every donation, that indicates the intended purpose with Earthquake Japan or similar keywords will go directly to Kazunari. *Please help Kazunari to help others!* This is a great opportunity to make donations for Japanese earthquake victims, knowing where the money goes and as well avoiding loss due to administrative expenses as they occur in larger relief organizations. I second Peter's request, via Khirano, and am glad to learn that not only is Khirano well, but that others involved in OpenOffice.org who live in Japan are also well. As many of you know, the Japanese OpenOffice.org community is one of the largest making up OpenOffice.org's global communities. Money is useful, but as recent reports have underscored, Japan is not Haiti, which a year ago, we recall, also suffered a devastating earthquake, and where Haiti constantly needs money, resources, and global attention, Japan's needs differ. But the larger issue, which by no means occludes the request forwarded by Khirano and presented here by Peter, is how can we, the OpenOffice.org community, working in concert with other Free and Open-Source communities around the world, help directly. I have been active in this effort and am seeking to help coordinate the global efforts so as to provide *effective* relief that is *community* based and that is *sustainable* as well as being *sustaining.* The distinction is that money is immensely useful and is always needed, but what really makes a difference that lasts is the establishment of community resources—informational, technological, personal—that allow the afflicted, the refugee, the deprived to gain from the global communities. I thank Peter for sending this out. I'll be issuing more information on how we, the OOo community and others, can complement the efforts outlined above with community action. Best regards, Peter (OpenOffice.org Marketing Project) P.S.: Forwarding this call for donations is of course welcome. Best, Louis -- Louis Suarez-Potts, PhD Community Development Manager OpenOffice.org -- - To unsubscribe send email to dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
[dev] Updates....
All, I've left Oracle but continue to be involved in the management and leadership of OpenOffice.org and continue to promote the adoption and interoperability of the OpenDocument Format, or ODF. The most immediate and obvious change in my new status is of course that I can no longer receive mail to my (former) Oracle alias; please be so good as to send mail to louis[at]openoffice.org. As well, it also means that I will be able to focus more on Marketing and regional development, as well as engaging all the distributed efforts forming the growing OOo and ODF ecosystems. And it also means that, as always, I remain attentive to what you need, want, desire, wish for, and will try my best to communicate those desires to whomever must hear them. Cheers, Louis -- Louis Suarez-Potts, PhD Chair, Community Council Co-Lead, Marketing (and several other) Lead, Native Language Confederation (and others) and for now, Community Manager OpenOffice.org Blog: http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.org
[dev] Re: [marketing] Updates....
Hi On 2011-02-11, at 09:09 , Peter Junge wrote: So, you are stepping into independence without becoming libre? ;-) (SCNR this pun!) :-) Indeed, and I still believe that the future lies where the engine driving the train takes us, with the engineers tending it, and that we can see ahead if we work with the engineers, not with the tenders of the last car, the caboose. From there, you can only see the past. Been there. Me, I want to do the future thing. Good luck, Peter Thanks, Louis On 02/11/2011 09:58 PM, Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: All, I've left Oracle but continue to be involved in the management and leadership of OpenOffice.org and continue to promote the adoption and interoperability of the OpenDocument Format, or ODF. The most immediate and obvious change in my new status is of course that I can no longer receive mail to my (former) Oracle alias; please be so good as to send mail to louis[at]openoffice.org. As well, it also means that I will be able to focus more on Marketing and regional development, as well as engaging all the distributed efforts forming the growing OOo and ODF ecosystems. And it also means that, as always, I remain attentive to what you need, want, desire, wish for, and will try my best to communicate those desires to whomever must hear them. Cheers, Louis -- Louis Suarez-Potts, PhD Chair, Community Council Co-Lead, Marketing (and several other) Lead, Native Language Confederation (and others) and for now, Community Manager OpenOffice.org Blog: http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.org
[dev] Call for Nominations for Community Council Seats
[Apologies for duplicate post: this list was missed in Friday's general announcement. lsp] All, On behalf of the Community Council, I would like to announce the new round of elections for the Council and start the process by asking the OpenOffice.org Community members to nominate those they think would best contribute both to the Council and to OpenOffice.org. You may nominate yourself. Consider doing that. Or nominate someone you think has been particularly valuable for the project; he or she need not be a developer! This cycle, like the first one last year, is important. OpenOffice.org is ten this year and the eyes of the world are looking upon us with eagerness to see how we work with business, government, education, and individuals. Your voice, your input, your experience is needed to take OOo into its next decade. The rules for the process are detailed in a wiki on the subject.[0] I won't bore you by repeating them here; please visit the wiki page. Several categories of OpenOffice.org contributors make up the Council, for a total of ten persons. Those categories cover the breadth of OpenOffice.org and are detailed below. All but one, the permanent Sun/Oracle representative, are elected by community vote as stipulated in the Election Process Proposal. That seat is held by Stefan Taxhet. The terms of Pavel Janík, Martin Hollmichel and John McCreesh have reached their end and their seats are up for election. On behalf of all, I'd like to thank them for their long and immensely productive contributions to the Council! The seats open for election include a Native Language Confederation Representative (the seat now held by Pavel), a Code Contributor Representative (Martin) and Product Development Representative (John). Community members only vote for those who will represent the constituency: developers vote for the developer seat, product development for that seat, and so on. You will receive an email informing you of your constituency; this is based on your role in the Project. Details about the nomination: == The nomination process is normally allotted one week dated from this post; however, the last time we went through this, last year, we were asked to give more time for nominations, and so this time around, we are allowing two weeks for nominations commencing 1 March and ending 15 March at 24:00 UTC. We will be using tried and true technology for the actual voting: the Survey machine, and only Community Members will be allowed to vote. Results will be posted in accordance with the published Election Process Proposal and a copy of this message will also be posted to the wiki at http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Community_Council/Items/call_for_nominations_201003.[1] A commissary will help coordinate the election process, and I'll serve in that role. The observers will be Sophie Gautier and Drew Jensen, as with last year's election. This announcement will be posted to the relevant public lists, as detailed in the Election Process wiki:dev@openoffice.org, d...@native_lang.openoffice.org, disc...@openoffice.org as well as d...@l10n.openoffice.org and project_le...@openoffice.org. Again, consider nominating yourself or someone equally interesting. We need energetic contributors who understand the Project and have a sense of its dynamic and potential. The world is changing--we know that-- and to make sure it changes for the better, join us on the Council. Louis [0] http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Community_Council/Items/Election_Process_Proposal [1] http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Community_Council/Items/call_for_nominations_201003 -- Louis Suarez-Potts, PhD Community Manager OpenOffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.org
[dev] November 2009 Election Results
All, The election held earlier this month ended quite satisfactorily and we held our first Council meeting with the newly elected members this last Thursday 26 Nov. [0]. On behalf of everyone concerned in the process, I'd like to congratulate all for the success of this first wave of elections. It was held according to the provisions of the new Election Process [1], and despite a few confusing mixups, went really very well. Next week, we'll start the next cycle. But for now The new members and the constituencies they will be representing are: ** Code Contributor Representative: Juergen Schmidt 51 Yes, 9 No (68) ** NLC Representative: Charles-H. Schulz 39 Yes, 3 No (111) ** Product Development Representative: Christoph Noack 31 Votes Christoph Noack 9 Votes Alexandro Colorado (49) The observers, Sophie Gautier, Drew Jensen, and Mechtilde Stehmann, have all approved and confirmed the results. My thanks to them and to Stefan Taxhet, who managed the voting apparatus that allowed us to vote. Please join me in welcoming Juergen, Charles and Christoph! I have no doubt they are all quite familiar to you, and I and everyone else on the Council, hope that you will grow more familiar with them and the working of the Council. The tenure of these new members is two years [2], so that gives us all time to develop a good relationship. And that relationship is really very important, as is knowing what the Council is about. The Community Council is your Council; its strength and relevance lie in the interest you take in it, and in the effort you put into it to make reflect your interests and to understand the interests of the community. Take a moment to look at the Council homepage [4] and constituting Charter [5] to see what we can and cannot do. Suggest items to the (open) agenda [3]. Contact your constituency representative about issues you find worth discussing. OpenOffice.org is a huge and varied community. But it has mission and a governing Council that gives that community voice. But only if you speak. Cheers, Louis Community Manager -- [0] http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Community_Council_Minutes_20070918#2009-11-26 [1] http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Community_Council/Items/Election_Process_Proposal [2] http://council.openoffice.org/councilcharter12.html#CouncilMembers [3] http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Community_Council#Meetings [4] http://council.openoffice.org/ [5] http://council.openoffice.org/councilcharter12.html - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.org
[dev] Re: [marketing] openoffice....@fosdem 2010
Thanks! Louis PS, Juergen et al., let's see if we can produce collateral that can be widely reused, so as to save money. On 2009-11-11, at 05:44 , Juergen Schmidt wrote: Hi, i just want o inform you that i have requested an OpenOffice.org stand and again an OpenOffice.org Developer Room for the next FOSDEM, February 2010 in Brussels. This is a pre announcement only because we are not finally accepted. The final decision is expected at the end of November. But for both we will need help and the time is short as always. Stand - we need people to help at the stand to answer questions, promote and demo our product, to build community and relationship to other projects ;-) - we need people for the organization (coffee, demo workplace, demos, ...) - merchandising materials (shirts, stickers, ...) - tbd Developer Room - we need interesting talks, workshops etc. - call for papers is coming soon As soon as i have more details i will come back to keep you informed. But here and today i would like to encourage you to think about the FOSDEM and how you can potentially help to make it a success. Think about an interesting development oriented talk or workshop, think about sponsoring ;-), think about participating and help at the stand etc. Follow up discussion please on the confere...@marketing.openoffice.org mailing list and later maybe on a dedicated FOSDEM list (that doesn't yet exist) Regards Juergen - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.org
[dev] Community Council/Items/Candidates October 2009 - OpenOffice.org Wiki
All, The nominees for this election cycle have been determined. They are Jürgen Schmidt, Charles-H. Schulz, Alexander Colorado, and Christoph Noack. You know them all already, so, with the candidates agreement, we have shortened the introductory period and hope to start voting later this week, perhaps by Thursday. I will send the necessary information for voting later on. I have posted a wiki page that links to the candidates' brief wiki bio (I didn't see Christoph's) and also their acceptance note.[0] As well, the candidates have already been doing the necessary job of informing you, the OpenOffice.org Community, about themselves and why they want to join the Council. Feel free to ask them questions related to their goal. The candidates and the seats for which they are standing for election are described in the wiki. As well, the Election Process [1] is useful to go over, and the Council main page, which describes the CC and is current lineup, may help with understanding what we do and do not do.[2] Cheers, Louis [0] http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Community_Council/Items/Candidates_October_2009 [1] http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Community_Council/Items/Election_Process_Proposal [2] http://council.openoffice.org/#council -- Louis Suarez-Potts Community Manager OpenOffice.org
[dev] Fwd: Prix Ars Electronica 2009 - Call for Entries
This might be of interest. Or maybe it's just spam? Begin forwarded message: From: communit...@prixars.aec.at Date: 16 Jan 2009 3:26:27 GMT-05:00 To: lui...@mac.com Subject: Prix Ars Electronica 2009 - Call for Entries Dear Friend and Participant of Prix Ars Electronica, The 23rd Prix Ars Electronica - International Competition for CyberArts is open for entries now! We kindly invite you to submit your latest projects! If you know any further interesting works we'll be happy to get your recommendation! Prix Ars Electronica 2009 Online Submission Deadline: March 6, 2009 Contact: i...@prixars.aec.at Total Prize Money: € 122.500,- Categories: Computer Animation / Film / VFX; Digital Musics; Interactive Art; Hybrid Art; Digital Communities; [the next idea] Grant; Media.Art.Research Award; u19 - freestyle computing More details about all categories and online submission are available only online at: http://prixars.aec.at DIGITAL COMMUNITIES The Digital Communities category is open to political, social and cultural projects, initiatives, groups and scenes from all over the world that display contentious commitment in coming up with smart, successful ways of deploying digital technologies to solve social problems. Particular emphasis is placed on a project’s degree of community innovation, its sustainability and its use of technology in a way that makes good sense and is attuned to the needs of the people meant to benefit from it. Digital Communities projects should make it easier for people to access technology, networks and the Digital Commons. We explicitely encourage community-related net.art projects to submit. Please feel free to forward this to all interesting/ed parties. With best regards, Bianca Petscher on the behalf of the Prix Ars Electronica 2009 Team Bianca Petscher Producer Prix Ars Electronica --- Ars Electronica Linz GmbH Hauptstraße 2-4 4040 Linz, Austria - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.org
[dev] Re: [council-discuss] Suggestions for a new Community Council structure
Hi Michael, On 2008-05-23, at 10:57 , Michael Meeks wrote: Hi Louis, Note: the council is more than one person... We talked over these governance improvement suggestions over at OOoCon, as you may remember, and I've finally got around to putting them down in (hopefully) a clear form, as you suggested. I believe you encouraged me to post them for discussion - so here goes: snip We accept additions to the the council agenda: one need only go to the wiki (http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/The_OpenOffice.org_Community_Council_Agenda ) and add the items you wish to discuss. I'll add your proposal for you. We'll endeavour to discuss this on the council list prior to or after initial mention at the next council meeting. Best, Louis - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[dev] Our New Look
Tonight, we launched a new look. It is simpler and more effective-- easier to find things, including the download button, support, information and other material users and developers want--and it also looks good. The styling changes affect quite a few pages, and we would like to hear your critiques. Please send them the website team, at [EMAIL PROTECTED] . The effort was led by Maarten Brouwers, our lead designer, with a lot of brilliant CSS styling and design by Ivan Miskovic, crucial suggestions by Graham Lauder, and invaluable work, feedback, and insight by Christian Lohmaier (co-lead of website), Alexandro Colorado, André Wyrwa, Kay Schenk, and many others not mentioned here but no less important. Thanks to all. Best, Louis -- Louis Suarez-Potts Community Manager, Sun Microsystems, Inc. OpenOffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[dev] New License and Contributor Agreement
All, Some interesting news. Summary * The license for code is changing from the early LGPL v 2.1 to 3.0 effective the Beta of OpenOffice.org 3.0. (The actual date of this beta has not been finalized.) * The Joint Copyright Assignment form (JCA) is being replaced by the Sun Microsystems Inc. Contributor Agreement (SCA). This change is effective immediately with this announcement. Background == Late last year, there was a discussion about the implications of the ratification of GPLv3 or LGPLv3 for OpenOffice.org among the OpenOffice.org project leads. The leads were generally in favour of adopting the updated licenses. The outcome of this and other discussions is that Sun is changing the license for the OpenOffice.org codebase to the more flexible and protective LGPL v3 [0], effective with the beta of OpenOffice.org 3.0 which is due later this year. This change is supported by the OpenOffice.org Community Council. This move forward is the natural evolutionary step to take for a codebase using a license from the FSF license family. The drafting process for the license involved substantial FOSS community input and we will benefit from this work. In particular, the new license includes additional protections for the community against software patents. OpenOffice.org will continue using the LGPL so as to minimize the disruption to our community and expanding ecosystem, which evolved around the LGPL codebase. The LGPL grants flexibility to a broad range of users and developers, while still ensuring that modifications to the code are contributed back to the community. The new license is a major reason to exchange the Joint Copyright Assignment(JCA) with the Sun Contributor Agreement(SCA) [1]. For OpenOffice.org there will be an addendum, which accommodates developers of the core OOo codebase and of non-core extensions through different contribution models. It does not change the fact that contributions to the product packaged as OpenOffice.org require an SCA. The addendum enables OpenOffice.org to more easily host the source code of extensions, and thus promotes collaboration with other interested parties on the respective extension in a familiar environment. There is similar flexibility for documentation. The creation of the related contribution guidelines is in progress. A large number of GPL/LGPL projects have already moved to v3 [2]. For OpenOffice.org the next major release is the right time to change. Preparations will start immediately, so that we can publish OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta under LGPLv3. The SCA, including the OpenOffice.org addendum, will be published on the OpenOffice.org site together with a FAQ and a pointer to the Sun SCA FAQ [3]. It comes into effect with this announcement. See also our FAQ on licensing. [4]. A copy of this announcement can be found at http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/newlicense2008.html . Regards, Louis Suarez-Potts Community Manager OpenOffice.org Sun Microsystems, Inc. [0] http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/lgpl.html [1] http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/sca.pdf [2] http://gpl3.palamida.com:8080/index.jsp [3] http://www.sun.com/software/opensource/contributor_agreement.jsp [4] http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/faq-licensing.html - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[dev] User Experience Project is an Accepted Project
Congratulations User Experience (UX) Project! Last week, the Community Council unanimously supported the move of the UX project from Incubator to Accepted. The change primarily gives the project more visibility and political power. And given the importance of this project, those are not bad things to have. What is the UX project? And why should you join it? As lead Lutz Höger phrased it, We are the User Experience community and our main goal is to make OpenOffice.org the best open source office suite in terms of usefulness, usability--and a pleasure to use. Our techniques for user- centred design provide insight into the needs and behavior of our end- users. We provide consultation for the development of both new and existing functionality, starting from the idea generation phase to the evaluation of the final implementation. Close cooperation with other efforts and projects in the OpenOffice.org community is the basis for the success of this cross-sectional activity. We invite you to join us on our mailing list discuss at ux.openoffice.org! Find out more about us and our work on http://ux.openoffice.org . Cheers, Louis -- Louis Suarez-Potts Community Manager OpenOffice.org Sun Microsystems, Inc. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [dev] Butler Office Pro - really a violation ?
All, Time out. This flame war is not really a discussion any longer on Butler Office. It's become a free for all with fire. We all have better things to do. So: enough blather. No more waste of time. This thread is cut. Louis On 2008-02-09, at 24:01 , Michael Meeks wrote: On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 17:51 +0100, Juergen Schmidt wrote: The project simply don't need people like you who has probably never contributed one line of code but are very good in this kind of useless discussion. Grief it's a dangerous precedent to start suggesting that people who contribute code might have more weight than other people ! pretty soon this leads to the madness of true meritocracy with sane governance by contributors; worse - people might notice you sound like me ;-) Interestingly, a couple of other non coders managed to express far more vigorous opinions without such a slap-down; why Allen ? :-) ATB, Michael. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] , Pseudo Engineer, itinerant idiot - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [dev] Butler Office Pro - really a violation ?
Hi On 2008-02-09, at 01:12 , sophie wrote: Hi all, I answer here but this is not an answer to Michael's mail and this is why I top post. Please all, there is no need for more provocations. The world is not perfect, but it can be worse and it has been in the past. May I remember you that we didn't have the JCA at the beginning of the project, we didn't have the PDL, we didn't have a lot of tools that make our world much better now. We are now thinking about SCA, an adapted one to our community, so no need to quarrel about what is already behind. If you really have this energy to argue, please come and discuss how we can reenforce our workflow, our communication flow, our visibility and add more power to our community. This discussion about JCA has years, may be we should discuss why we don't have a beamer any more, or why we call ourself OOo, just to move to known sterile topics (even if they may be interesting and have to be worked out). If you disagree with what is done and how it works here, express yourself yes, but make it with confidence in this community where we are all *actors*. There is no good and no evil, but a group formed with corps, companies, individuals, all with very different interests being economic or egotist or social or moral, whatever. But we are all here for OOo, the product and the community, because we believe in them. What I know by myself is that this project and its members have done a lot of moves since its beginning. It has not been easy. We sometime have had to discuss a lot and proof our concepts, it has been exhausting and it is still so because we want all for today if not yesterday. But confidence is a key word in all these discussions to make them come to real facts. So please, really, stop this fight, and allow us to think at something that is reflecting our common love for OOo. Thanks in advance Kind regards Sophie +1 Thanks, Sophie. Louis - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[dev] OpenOffice.org Community Innovation Program
All, On 7 December 2007, Sun Microsystems Inc. announced [0] a new million- dollar fund to foster innovation in six of the open-source projects it sponsors and contributes to. We are pleased to report that OpenOffice.org was included. The contest, which we have titled the OpenOffice.org Community Innovation Program, commences tomorrow, 30 January, and we invite OpenOffice.org Community members to participate. What do you have to do to enter? To win a prize? Our rules, which will be posted later on today and linked to the OpenOffice.org homepage (www.openoffice.org ), explain these and many other details, and you must read them carefully. What are we looking for? In general terms, we are looking for superlative work that is useful to the Community; work that is challenging, that is non-trivial, and that furthers the Community as much as the software. You can enter alone or in a team; and if you are eligible, you could win a lot of money. But we explain all this in the rules, the link to which you will be able to find on the OpenOffice.org homepage. Note: The Program ends 23 June 2008 and begins 30 January 2008. For questions, send a note to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cheers, The Members of the Program Committee Louis Suarez-Potts John McCreesh Pavel Janík Stefan Taxhet [0] http://www.sun.com/software/opensource/awards/index.jsp - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[dev] fosdem 2008 wiki
Hi all, Jesús Corrius created a wiki for our fosdem 2008 presence: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Marketing/FOSDEM_2008 I just put a link to it on the homepage but please inform your communities of its existence--and that we really want the Community to consider presenting at this event. Deadline is 27th of Jan. for you to submit proposals. Please spread the word Thanks Louis - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[dev] Fwd: Last Chance to Submit a Proposal
I hope that all will consider submitting proposals Louis Begin forwarded message: From: O'Reilly Open Source Convention [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 14 Jan 2008 8:27:02 GMT-05:00 Subject: Last Chance to Submit a Proposal O'Reilly Open Source Convention - OSCON July 21-25, 2008 Oregon Convention Center Portland, OR http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon Last Chance To Be Heard at OSCON 2008! Submit Your Proposal by February 4. If you have something to contribute to the tenth annual O'Reilly Open Source Convention, July 21-25 in Portland, here's your chance. At the crossroads of all things open source, the 2008 convention promises a vibrant meeting ground for the entire community to inspire, debate, motivate, make deals, and connect face to face. Whether you're a hacker, designer, trainer, system administrator, or entrepreneur, we want to hear from you if: -You've launched a project that will revolutionize the way we think, vote, sell, dream, or surf the Web -You grok the deep mysteries of crafting beautiful code -You've built a successful business that not only benefits from open source, but fully participates in the virtuous cycle of contribution and collaboration Fourteen Tracks, Lots of Ways To Participate If you're in tune with the heartbeat of open source, we invite you to share your experiences, expertise, analysis, and ideas. We are looking for proposals for: -45-minute sessions -3-hour tutorials -Panel discussions -Demonstrations The fourteen tracks include Linux, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Java, Databases, Desktop Applications, Web Applications, Mobile, Administration, Security, People, Business, and Emerging Topics. The deadline to submit your proposal is midnight PST, February 4, 2008. For guidelines and to send us your proposal, go to: http://en.oreilly.com/oscon2008/public/cfp/13 Topics We Want To Explore Though by no means an exhaustive list, here are some of the topics we'd like to include in the OSCON 2008 program: -Parallelization, grid, and multicore technologies -The strengths that will carry open source beyond the gold rush -Open source in smart phones and mobile networked devices -Open hardware and licensing -Tools for the administration and deployment of large server farms -Ajax, Javascript, standards-based design, and other client-side web issues -AI, machine learning, and other ways of making software smarter than the people using it -The spread of open source into law, culture, data, and services and the accompanying issues and lessons -Open source in democracy, politics, government, and education -Best practices for building a business model around open source -Virtualization, appliances, and their creation and deployment Feel free to propose other open source topics. Sessions and tutorials should be based on real-world scenarios and deliver useful information and practical tools. In addition to sessions, tutorials, informal events, lively hallway conversations, and gatherings around Portland throughout the week, one of the best reasons to attend OSCON is the vibrant Expo Hall, which features leading open source companies and projects. OSCON 2008 sponsors currently include: Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Atlassian, Disney.com, OpSource, and Silicon Mechanics. Save the Dates, July 21-25 Plan on meeting us in Portland, Oregon, for the tenth anniversary edition of OSCON, which is again conveniently co-located with Ubuntu Live at the Oregon Convention Center, so you can make the most of your trip. Co- hosted by Canonical, Ubuntu Live is the official event for the worldwide Ubuntu community. For more information on Ubuntu Live, visit: http://www.ubuntulive.com Early registration opens in March. Stay informed about the program as it develops and receive a registration reminder as soon as it opens by signing up for the conference newsletter at (login required): http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/nl/home#conferences If you have ideas for speakers and topics that will make the conference a must attend event, send them to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For exhibition and sponsorship opportunities please email Sharon Cordesse at [EMAIL PROTECTED] For media partner and promotional opportunities please email Avila Reese at [EMAIL PROTECTED] We hope to see you in Portland next summer. The OSCON 2008 Conference Team P.S. Be sure to submit your proposal by midnight PST, February 4, 2008 to http://en.oreilly.com/oscon2008/public/cfp/13 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[dev] Reminder - Vote now for Community Contributor Representative
This is a reminder.Voting ends Saturday 22 December 23:59 UTC It's election season and time to vote for the Community Contributor Representative to the Community Council. It's been a while. The CCR holds a seat on the Community Council for one year (more or less) and represents you. Laurent Godard has been the most recent CCR. Voting begins immediately (now) and ends Saturday 22 December at 23:59 UTC. To vote, follow the instructions below, right after the candidate statements. There are two candidates for the CCR office. The candidate is supposed to be someone who is familiar with OpenOffice.org (project and product) and familiar to the community. He or she should be able to speak to the needs of endusers, non-coding contributors, businesses, as well as the Incubator project leads and members. Both candidates are qualified. They are: * Kazunari Hirano I am Kazunari Hirano from OpenOffice.org Japanese Native Language Project, working as Marketing Contact for Japan and Japanese language. I have been the deputy for CCR, leading OpenOffice.org CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) Group. My focus is the localization of OpenOffice.org. I want to help localize OpenOffice.org to as many languages as possible. I and my team are starting Ainu and Klingon localizations. I write articles for OpenOffice.org Newsletter. Community is all about Communication and Motivation. I would like to open up a daily channel between Community Council and Community Members. Thanks. * Cor Nouws It's a honour for me that I've been asked to be a candidate. I am 48 yrs, Dutch, maried, three children, and - as far as time allows - do hobbies like sports and making music. I got involved in the OpenOffice.org community in 2004. The reason fits in the open source tradition: I run a small business supporting our great program and want to spent some energy to make it flourish even more. My activities for the project are various (marketing, qa, ux, Duth NL,...) which gives me a pretty good feeling of what is going on. I'm quite well aware of the special qualities of the OpenOffice.org project, such as the technical complexity, variation in background of people involved, vast interest of big players in the market, different needs for various groups and so on. I do have some experience in committees, which might be helpful to do some good work in the community council. --- To vote, you must be a registered OpenOffice.org community member. Here is how to vote: Log in to OpenOffice.org if you are not already logged in. Go to My start page, and click on the Vote! hyperlink on the right hand side. You will be taken to a page where you can cast your vote. (My start page is at : http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/StartPage) If you are not a member, now is the time to join. To register and join, go to http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/Join. Then follow the instructions above. If you are curious about the Community Council, go to http://council.openoffice.org/ to learn more. ** Remember: Vote by Saturday 22 December 23:59 UTC.** Thanks to Ben Bois, Laurent Godard, and Stefan Taxhet, who have volunteered their time to set this poll up. -Louis Suarez-Potts Community Manager Chair, Community Council - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[dev] Last Community Council Meeting IRC Log
Hi all, The IRC log of the last Community Council meeting (22th of November) can be found here : http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Community_Council_Minutes The next meeting will be on the 5th of December but the time has yet to be determined, though probably after 17:00 UTC. You'll find the agenda of the next meeting here : http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/The_OpenOffice.org_Community_Council_Agenda Feel free to add items to be discussed. Realistically, for any meeting, we can only discuss a handful of issues in an hour and half and items not discussed in one meeting are fairly sure to be discussed the next. best louis (and thanks to sophie for the gentle prod) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[dev] OpenOffice.org at foss.in
All, The OpenOffice.org presence in India is large and growing. Millions use it there, in numerous languages. This December, as part of the internationally renown foss.in conference held annually in Bangalore, OpenOffice.org will have its first Project Day: a day devoted to talks and workshops on OpenOffice.org, its code, architecture, community, extensions, future. You are invited. With members from the local community presenting on issues pertinent to India and with speakers flying in from Germany and Canada, the OpenOffice.org Project Day gives all Indian community members the opportunity not just to learn but to speak their own voice directly to the project leads. And as OpenOffice.org becomes the productivity platform of choice, those voices are ever more important. We look forward to seeing you there. To register for the conference, please go to: * http://foss.in/2007/info/Home . And to learn more about the OpenOffice.org Project Day, go to: * http://marketing.openoffice.org/conference/foss.in_project_day.html - The OpenOffice.org Project Day group -- About OpenOffice.org OpenOffice.org is the leading open-source productivity suite. It includes word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, database, and other modules; it uses the ODF as its native file format as well as supporting other common file formats, including Microsoft Office. The software runs on all major platforms, including Windows, Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X, and is available in over 80 languages. OpenOffice.org is interoperable with other popular suites and may be used free of charge for any purpose, private or commercial; the license is LGPL. Since the project's creation by Sun Microsystems in 2000, more than 100 million have downloaded the product; thousands contribute to it. As an international team of volunteer and sponsored contributors, the OpenOffice.org community has created what is widely regarded as the most important open-source project in the world today. The OpenOffice.org community acknowledges generous sponsorship from a number of companies, including Sun Microsystems, the founder and primary contributor. Contacts Louis Suárez-Potts (UTC -04h00) OpenOffice.org Community Manager, Sun Microsystems [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1 (416) 531-9513 Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay Bangla Language Project Lead, Red Hat [EMAIL PROTECTED] +91 996-060 3294 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[dev] FOSS.IN and OpenOffice.org
All, India's FOSS.IN is rightly considered one of the more important annual FOSS events. It's also large, fun, and exciting. This year, OpenOffice.org is honoured to have a Project Day, either 4 or 5 December, and all are invited to submit proposals. Our theme is Building the Indian OpenOffice.org contributor community, and we hope you will consider joining us in Bangalore, India, this December, and submit a proposal. *** The deadline is 08 October.*** Read over the Project Day description prior to sending in your proposal, and keep in mind you may also propose a session for the main conference, which runs right after the Project Days. * OpenOffice.org Project Day: - http://marketing.openoffice.org/conference/ foss.in_project_day.html * Foss.in CfP process: - http://foss.in/2007/info/Call_for_Participation#The_CfP_Process * Foss.in Call for participation: - http://foss.in/2007/info/Call_for_Participation The OpenOffice.org Team - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[dev] Announcement: IBM Joins the OpenOffice.org Community
All, A Press Release was issued this morning to announce that IBM are joining the OOo community: The OpenOffice.org community today announced that IBM will be joining the community to collaborate on the development of OpenOffice.org software. IBM will be making initial code contributions that it has been developing as part of its Lotus Notes product, including accessibility enhancements, and will be making ongoing contributions to the feature richness and code quality of OpenOffice.org. Besides working with the community on the free productivity suite's software, IBM will also leverage OpenOffice.org technology in its products. The full announcement is available at: * http://www.openoffice.org/press/ibm_press_release.html And Q A at: * http://www.openoffice.org/press/ibm_press_faq.html Cheers, Louis -- Louis Suarez-Potts Community Manager OpenOffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [dev] Re: [releases] 2.2.0 Release Date
Thanks for the minutes. On 2007-03-05, at 10:31 , Martin Hollmichel wrote: Hi, please find the latest minutes of the release status meeting here: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/ ReleaseStatus_Minutes#2007-03-05 In short: the new estimated release date for 2.2 will be March 14th, John: when does the PR service *need* the PR? Martin Best, louis John McCreesh wrote: On Fri, March 2, 2007 07:24, Martin Hollmichel wrote: We will talk about the new release date in the next Release status meeting next monday, Can we have a quick posting to this list please with the result for those of us who can't attend the meeting. Thanks - John Martin Rail Aliev wrote: Hi, AFAIK we are waiting 2.2rc3 to be released these days. I don't think that 1-2 days are enough for release preparations. Shouldn't we need to change the release date on wiki? http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/OOoRelease22 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[dev] The ODF Toolkit Project
Press Release: The ODF Toolkit Project, OpenOffice.org The future of OpenOffice.org extends beyond the office suite. With the creation of our new ODF Toolkit Project (http://odftoolkit.openoffice.org/), which we are announcing today, we are inviting developers everywhere to take the source of the world's leading Free and Open office productivity suite in bold new directions. These may include technologies that engage tools for collaboration, communication and content creation of every kind; tools that will complement and even transcend the already powerful productivity suite. The anchor of this new project is the OpenDocument Format (ODF), the ISO and OASIS standard format for office applications and the most flexible and adaptable format for the future. Any application can be engineered to express its files in the ODF and any application can open and edit ODF files created by another compliant application. Vendor lock-in, in which the user must continue to use expensive and proprietary software only because the files created using it are unreadable by other applications, has been the bane of governments, businesses, and individuals for at least the last twenty-five years. With the ODF users reclaim their works and vendor lock-in is eliminated. It is for this reason that governments and businesses are looking to the ODF and OpenOffice.org. The stakes are too high. The ODF Toolkit Project takes that freedom even further. Developers are not bound by the legacy constraints of the office suite; they will be able to more easily include ODF in their applications or create new applications that use ODF. It does not matter whether it extracts, manages, creates, or integrates information. The ODF Toolkit Project lowers the barriers to working with and implementing the ODF for all. Users will obviously benefit, and almost immediately. To give just an example: The future of collaboration and communication, not to mention much of commerce, depends on applications that can exchange files without the hassle of incompatibility; the future depends on truly open and flexible standards and formats. But much of what is created today and almost all that is exchanged uses proprietary formats, effectively limiting collaboration. With the ODF Toolkit Project, any suitable application, large or small, will find it easier to implement the ODF, allowing users to create and exchange, collaborate on or simply save their files as they please, without the fear of vendor lock-in or file obsolescence. Developers and others interested in contributing are invited to join us now and make something new! To learn more go to http://odftoolkit.openoffice.org . --The OpenOffice.org Team * About OpenOffice.org The OpenOffice.org Community is an international team of volunteer and sponsored contributors who develop, support, and promote the leading open-source office productivity suite, OpenOffice.org®. OpenOffice.org's leading edge software technology (UNO) is also available for developers, systems integrators, etc. to use in OpenOffice.org extensions or in their own applications. OpenOffice.org supports the Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) OASIS Standard (ISO/IEC 26300), as well as legacy industry file formats and is available on major computing platforms in over 90 languages. OpenOffice.org software is provided under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) and may be used free of charge for any purpose, private or commercial. The OpenOffice.org Community acknowledges generous sponsorship from a number of companies, including Sun Microsystems, the founding sponsor and primary contributor. * Links The ODF Toolkit Project can be found at http://odftoolkit.openoffice.org You can go there to learn more and join the project. The OpenOffice.org Community can be found at http://www.openoffice.org To learn more about the Community see http://about.openoffice.org The Native Language Project is at http://projects.openoffice.org/native-lang.html Further information about OpenOffice.org products: * The OpenOffice.org office suite for users: http://www.openoffice.org/product * OpenOffice.org Universal Network Objects (UNO) for developers: http://udk.openoffice.org * OpenOffice.org Software Development Kit (SDK) for developers: http://api.openoffice.org * Press Contacts Louis Suarez-Potts (UTC -05h00) OpenOffice.org Community Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1 (416) 625 3843 John McCreesh (UTC +0h00) OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Lead [EMAIL PROTECTED] +44 (0)7 810 278 540 Cristian Driga (UTC +0200) OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Co-Lead [EMAIL PROTECTED] +40 7887 000 60 Worldwide Marketing Contacts http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[dev] Students!
Dear all but especially students (and recent students), Kay Ramme has been leading an update of our to-dos and the results are so far great. See http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/To-Dos . One of the drivers for this is that we are starting to work more with colleges and universities throughout the world. So far, we have initiated contacts in Oregon (OSU), Toronto, Canada (Seneca College), and possibly Hyderabad, India. Everything is still in the early stages and professors and students want to look at the to-dos that we have. They would love it if these to-dos were in manageable chunks, ideally of 3-4 month duration, though they can be longer and just shared sequentially among students. It occurred to me that the students working on OOo might be willing to help out in a couple of ways. One is to look over the to-dos and see if you can evaluate them and suggest ways to make them more manageable. Another is to help out future students and help them understand how to negotiate OpenOffice.org. Thanks, Louis - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[dev] OpenOffice.org 2.1 Is Here
2006-12-12 All, The OpenOffice.org Community are proud to announce the release of OpenOffice.org 2.1, the latest version of the leading open-source office suite. There are a number of important new features for users in this release. The presentations application, Impress, now supports multiple monitors, with the presenter choosing where to display the presentation. The Calc spreadsheet has an improved HTML export capability, using styles to better recreate in a browser the appearance of the original spreadsheet. The database application, Base, has a number of enhancements, including improved support for Microsoft's Access product. The popular Quickstarter is now available for GNU/Linux users as a GTK application. OpenOffice.org's impressive language support is enhanced with five more localisations. However, OpenOffice.org is not simply a great productivity suite for end users. OpenOffice.org software technology is also available for developers, systems integrators, and others to use in their own applications. OpenOffice.org 2.1 extends support for version control to extensions, simplifying the management of packages for those developing extensions. Version 2.1 is the third release of OpenOffice.org in 2006, and reflects the Community's commitment to making new features available to users every few months. To help make this as smooth as possible, OpenOffice.org 2.1 also includes an improved on-line notifier, which checks regularly and informs users if a new version is available (users may choose to disable this option at any time). OpenOffice.org 2.1 is now available for download free of charge. * http://download.openoffice.org/2.1/ If the download servers are busy, there is an alternative legal peer- to-peer (P2P) system. * http://distribution.openoffice.org/p2/ Alternatively, OpenOffice.org Community Distributors supply the software on CD-ROM in many countries. * http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/? OpenOffice.org's Native Language project can advise on the availability of translations. * http://projects.openoffice.org/native-lang.html About OpenOffice.org The OpenOffice.org Community is an international team of volunteer and sponsored contributors who develop, support, and promote the leading open-source office productivity suite, OpenOffice.org®. OpenOffice.org's leading edge software technology (UNO) is also available for developers, systems integrators, etc to use in OpenOffice.org extensions or in their own applications. OpenOffice.org supports the Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) OASIS Standard (ISO/IEC 26300) as well as legacy industry file formats and is available on major computing platforms in over 70 languages. OpenOffice.org software is provided under the GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL) and may be used free of charge for any purpose, private or commercial. The OpenOffice.org Community acknowledges generous sponsorship from a number of companies, including Sun Microsystems, the founding sponsor and primary contributor. Further information about OpenOffice.org products: The OpenOffice.org office suite for users: http://www.openoffice.org/ product/ OpenOffice.org Universal Network Objects (UNO) for developers: http://udk.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org Software Development Kit (SDK) for developers: http:// api.openoffice.org/ Press Contacts Louis Suarez-Potts (UTC -04h00) OpenOffice.org Community Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1 (416) 625 3843 John McCreesh (UTC +0h00) OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Lead [EMAIL PROTECTED] +44 (0)7 810 278 540 Cristian Driga (UTC +0200) OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Co-Lead [EMAIL PROTECTED] +40 7887 000 60 Worldwide Marketing Contacts http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[dev] Template Clipart Contest!
All, The Documentation Project is holding a competition for templates and clipart, and there is *prize money.* The goal is to increase our trove. Frankly, we don't have enough; users are feeling deprived. That means over 50 million people. You can help change that... and also maybe win some money. Worldlabel.com (www.worldlabel.com), which has been long a strong champion of OpenOffice.org, has set aside USD 5,000 for prizes. Winners will also have the option of including their winning entries in the OpenOffice.org installation sets available from the site. If you are interested, visit the Documentation Project for more information. Everyone is eligible and everyone is encouraged to participate. The contest officially starts this week and ends 13 October 2006, on our birthday. Winning entries will be judged by a panel of three and winners will be announced 1 November 2006. * Documentation Project: http://documentation.openoffice.org The OpenOffice.org Team About the Documentation Project Initiated by Scott Carr in 2001, the Documentation Project is one of the largest and most active projects on OpenOffice.org and the central repository of how-tos, guides, templates, clipart, macros, and other relevant material for the OpenOffice.org project. Works held here are in numerous languages and cover every facet of using and migrating to OpenOffice.org. For more information, see http://documentation.openoffice.org Contact Information Lead, Scott Carr, kcar [at] openoffice.org Co-Lead, Ger. Singleton, grsingleton [at] openoffice.org smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature
[dev] Scheduled Maintenance Tuesday 01:00 UTC
All, We need to install a patch in CollabNet Enterprise Edition (CEE), our site infrastructure, and to do so must take the site offline for about 30 minutes commencing at around 01:00 UTC Tuesday. CVS, Issue tracker, mail lists will all be offline for the duration. Download servers, anoncvs, and the wikis at wiki.services.openoffice.org will remain online. Sorry for the inconvenience. Best, Louis Suarez-Potts CollabNet smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature
[dev] Le ministère de la Défense met OpenOffice à l'index
There has been comment in the media about a report on a French language website: Le ministère de la Défense met OpenOffice à l'index The ZDNet article [1] claims to describe the proceedings of a confidential meeting within the French public administration. It is not appropriate for the OpenOffice.org community to comment on a leak from a private meeting. However, one of the people mentioned in the article, Eric Filiol, has posted two replies to the online article clarifying the purpose of the research and correcting some of the incorrect conclusions in the original article. The OpenOffice.org office suite is being widely adopted within the French public administration, and the OpenOffice.org community has been working closely with the departments involved. OpenOffice.org is pleased that its source code is being scrutinised by the most important and respected department of security in France. If security vulnerabilities are suspected, there is a well defined procedure within the IT industry for reporting, analysing, and resolving any issues, which aims to minimise any public announcement (and the resulting creation of exploits) until fixes are available. The OpenOffice.org community confirms it regards security as of the highest importance and will react immediately to any security issues reported by the French public administration or other competent bodies or individuals. -The OpenOffice.org Team [1] http://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/informatique/ 0,39040745,39362096,00.htm See also, http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060718-7288.html - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[dev] Scheduled Maintenance: 2006-07-14 23:30 UTC
All, OpenOffice.org will be offline for about 1 hour commencing 23:30 UTC on 2006-07-14, today, for scheduled maintenance. CVS, SVN, mail lists, IssueZilla will all be unavailable. Anoncvs, the developer wiki, and the download servers will not be affected. We regret the inconvenience. Best, Louis Suarez-Potts Community Manager CollabNet - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[dev] New Developer Article Contest Winner!
All, We have a new Developer Article Contest Winner: Kohei Yoshida Hacking Calc--The First Step, by Kohei Yoshida, has won June's contest. As have the other winners before him, Kohei Yoshida wins USD $750 and international fame. It's merited: Hacking Calc is important reading for any developer wanting to work with Calc, extend its functionality or fix a bug. To read it, go to: * Hacking Calc: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/ Hacking_Calc_-_The_First_Step * Developer Article Contest Rules: http:// wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/ OpenOffice.org_Developer_Article_Contest Congratulations! And don't hesitate to send in articles for July's contest! ;-) The OpenOffice.org Team - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[dev] OpenOffice.org 2.0.3 Is Here. Download It Now.
All, OpenOffice.org 2.0.3 is now ready for download, three months since the release of 2.0.2. This latest release contains a mixture of new features, bug fixes, and security patches, and demonstrates the OpenOffice.org Community's determination to maintain its position as the world's leading open-source office productivity suite. The security patches fix vulnerabilities that have been found in internal security audits. Although there are currently no known exploits, we urge all users of 2.x to upgrade to the new version or install their vendor's patches accordingly. Patches for users of OpenOffice.org 1.1.5 will be available shortly. For details of the security issues fixed, see Security Bulletin 2006-06-29: * http://www.openoffice.org/security/bulletin-20060629.html Key features of the new release: * performance improvements: for example, a 23 percent improvement in certain Calc benchmarks * further improvements to file format compatibility with Microsoft Office files * new email integration features for users wanting to send emails in Microsoft file formats * more control over how exported PDF documents will display when opened in a PDF reader * support for more languages and improvements in hyphenation and thesaurus * support for Intel architecture for Mac OS X plus improved Mac OS X System integration * built-in check for updated versions OpenOffice.org is also the first office suite to support the ISO approved OpenDocument Format as its native file format. The standard - ISO/IEC 26300 - defines how office documents (spreadsheets, wordprocessor documents, etc.) must be stored so that they can be exchanged with any compliant software package. Its adoption represents an historic Freedom of Information breakthrough for the IT industry. Download OpenOffice.org 2.0.3 now from our volunteer servers. Not all languages may be ready, so check with your favourite Native Language project (http://projects.openoffice.org/native-lang.html). * http://download.openoffice.org/2.0.3/ If you find the pages too busy, try using our legal peer-to-peer (P2P) system. * http://distribution.openoffice.org/p2p/ If you do not have a suitable internet connection, consider buying a CD-ROM from an OpenOffice.org Community Distributor. * http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/ --The OpenOffice.org Team About OpenOffice.org The OpenOffice.org Community is an international team of volunteer and sponsored contributors who develop, support, and promote the leading open-source office productivity suite, OpenOffice.org®. OpenOffice.org supports the Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) OASIS Standard (ISO/IEC 26300) as well as legacy industry file formats and is available on major computing platforms in over 70 languages. OpenOffice.org is provided under the GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL) and may be used free of charge for any purpose, private or commercial. The OpenOffice.org Community acknowledges generous sponsorship from a number of companies, including Sun Microsystems, the founding sponsor and primary contributor. Links The OpenOffice.org Community can be found at http://www.openoffice.org To learn more of the project, see http://about.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice.org 2.0.3 may be downloaded free of charge from http:// download.openoffice.org Further information about the suite may be found at http:// www.openoffice.org/product Press Contacts John McCreesh (UTC +01h00) OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Lead [EMAIL PROTECTED] +44 (0)7 810 278 540 Cristian Driga (UTC +0200) OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Co-Lead [EMAIL PROTECTED] +40 7887 000 60 Louis Suarez-Potts (UTC -04h00) OpenOffice.org Community Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1 (416) 625 3843 Worldwide Marketing Contacts http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[dev] OpenWengo Summer Projects
Dear All, [sorry for cross posting; please use [EMAIL PROTECTED] The open-source project OpenWengo, which develops communication over IP technology, [0] will soon be launching an initiative similar to Google's Summer of Code, and OpenOffice.org community members are invited to participate. What are the details? Students are eligible for awards of 3500 euros; mentors, 500 euros. Students will work during the summer on FOSS development projects of their choice. There will be a selection process of course. OpenWengo would like to limit the subjects to communication over IP, but that constraint should inspire creativity. OpenWengo is further interested in working out some pretty interesting subjects for both students and the OpenOffice.org community and are available to answer any question we may have. This initiative is planed to start on June 29th 2006, so they don't have much time. We will need both mentors and students. If you feel you can help mentor students (you should be a developer with a good knowledge of OOo) let me or Julien Gilli julien.gilli (at) wengo.fr know. Thanks! -Louis [0] http://www.openwengo.org/ -- Louis Suarez-Potts Community Manager OpenOffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[dev] Site Infrastructure Upgrade: Tuesday 20 June
All, Commencing Tuesday 20 March at 17:00 UTC, the OpenOffice.org site infrastructure will be upgraded. The main site, including mail lists, CVS, Issue Tracker (IssueZilla), and all other elements will be functionally offline for the duration, anticipated to be forty-eight (48) hours. Neither the OpenOffice.org wiki [0], nor anoncvs will be affected. As well, during the outage, a placeholder webpage listing download sites will be posted to www.openoffice.org. CollabNet has worked with the community on this upgrade for several months and together we have sought to ensure that the migration to the new (and improved) infrastructure will go smoothly. We regret the inconvenience this outage will produce. Project leads: Please inform your communities of the migration- related outage and upcoming infrastructure; thanks. For detailed (and useful) information on the upgrade process, see the wiki related to it [1]. Some points... * The new infrastructure, CollabNet Enterprise Edition 3.5.1, should be faster and more robust. For more information on the CEE 3.5.1, see the release notes [2] * Staticization has been improved and html pages will be updated more reliably and quickly * The new site allows for the use of the modern versioning system Subversion, and projects can explore its functionality * As to mail lists, forums, and other established functionality, such as Issue Tracker (IssueZilla), all that remains as present * SSH users should notice that new site will have a new IP address * Note: For a period of about twelve hours after the migration process, we will have to run several indexers, and these may affect the behaviour of list and forum archives, among other things; performance may also be affected [0] http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Main_Page [1] http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Infrastructure_Upgrade [2] http://www.collab.net/rn/3_5_1.html Louis Suarez-Potts Community Manager CollabNet - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[dev] Site Infrastructure Upgrade: Tuesday 20 June
(Apologies: I meant, of course, 20 June, not 20 March. :-) All, Commencing Tuesday 20 June at 17:00 UTC, the OpenOffice.org site infrastructure will be upgraded. The main site, including mail lists, CVS, Issue Tracker (IssueZilla), and all other elements will be functionally offline for the duration, anticipated to be forty-eight (48) hours. Neither the OpenOffice.org wiki [0], nor anoncvs will be affected. As well, during the outage, a placeholder webpage listing download sites will be posted to www.openoffice.org. CollabNet has worked with the community on this upgrade for several months and together we have sought to ensure that the migration to the new (and improved) infrastructure will go smoothly. We regret the inconvenience this outage will produce. Project leads: Please inform your communities of the migration- related outage and upcoming infrastructure; thanks. For detailed (and useful) information on the upgrade process, see the wiki related to it [1]. Some points... * The new infrastructure, CollabNet Enterprise Edition 3.5.1, should be faster and more robust. For more information on the CEE 3.5.1, see the release notes [2] * Staticization has been improved and html pages will be updated more reliably and quickly * The new site allows for the use of the modern versioning system Subversion, and projects can explore its functionality * As to mail lists, forums, and other established functionality, such as Issue Tracker (IssueZilla), all that remains as present * SSH users should notice that new site will have a new IP address * Note: For a period of about twelve hours after the migration process, we will have to run several indexers, and these may affect the behaviour of list and forum archives, among other things; performance may also be affected [0] http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Main_Page [1] http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Infrastructure_Upgrade [2] http://www.collab.net/rn/3_5_1.html Louis Suarez-Potts Community Manager CollabNet - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[dev] New Developer Article Contest
All, New Winner, Developer Article Contest S. Sevki Dincer has won April's Developer Article Contest; congratulations! Sevki's article is a step by step guide on how to write a simple component (a Calc add-in) for OpenOffice.org (OOo) in C ++. The Developer Article Contest continues each month. Winners receive USD $750 plus invaluable attention and the gratification of helping others. Read our wiki on the matter for more information and start writing! The next deadline is the end of this month. Cheers, The OpenOffice.org Team URLs * Sevki Dincer's Simple Calc Add-In, http:// wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/SimpleCalcAddIn * Developer Article Contest page, http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/ OpenOffice.org_Developer_Article_Contest - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[dev] Google Summer of Code and OpenOffice.org
[Sorry for late posting] All, OpenOffice.org is proud to participate in the Summer of Code initiative sponsored by Google, and you are invited to join in the fun Last year's SoC was hailed by both students and mentors as a success, [0] and we hope this year's will be even better. Below you'll find some suggestions we find suitable for the program. [1] If you have ideas for other tasks please send a note to the developer list of the related OpenOffice.org project or contact the project lead. We would be glad to support a few projects. Please understand that mentoring capacities are limited. So we depend on your dedication during the preparation of the detailed specification and description of the outcome. The timeframe for applications is May 1 - May 8. But keep in mind that it may need some prearrangement before you are ready to sign up and apply. - The OpenOffice.org Team [0] http://development.openoffice.org/summerprojects.html [1] http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/SummerOfCode2006 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[dev] Fwd: Massachusetts Request for Information (RFI) - ODF Plug-in for Microsoft Office Suite
This is fairly important... Begin forwarded message: From: Boldman, Claudia (ITD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: May 3, 2006 5:16:59 PM EDT (CA) To: Boldman, Claudia (ITD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Massachusetts Request for Information (RFI) - ODF Plug-in for Microsoft Office Suite This afternoon the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Information Technology Division issued a Request for Information (RFI) regarding Open Document Format Plug-ins for the Microsoft Office Suite. Through this RFI The Commonwealth seeks information pertaining to the existence or development of a plug-in component or other converter options to be used with Microsoft Office that would allow Microsoft Office to easily open, render, and save to ODF files, and also allow translation of documents between Microsoft's binary (.doc, .xls, .ppt) or XML formats and ODF. Respondents responding to this RFI need not be on state contract. The RFI is posted on the Commonwealth’s procurement website at www.comm-pass.com. In the middle of the page, click on “Search for solicitations”, enter “ODF” in Keyword box, and view the open solicitation (RFI 06-1). Click on the “Intent” tab to access the RFI document. As we are interested in gathering information about all current and potential efforts in this area we would appreciate any assistance you can give us in getting the word out to as many interested parties as possible. Thanks in advance for your help. Claudia Boldman Chief Planning and Strategy Officer Information Technology Division www.mass.gov/itd smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature
[dev] OpenDocument Format = ISO 26300
All, 1 May 2006: The International Standards Organisation has today approved the standard file format to be used worldwide for the storage of files produced by office software (word processor documents, spreadsheets, presentations, drawings, etc.). For the first time in the history of computing, software users will be guaranteed that they will be able to use their data in any compliant software package, both now and in the future. The point of an open standard is that any compliant application can use it. As Simon Phipps, the Chief Open Source Officer at Sun Microsystems, observed, This is a landmark moment for the Free/Open Source Software movement. An innovation that started here [at OpenOffice.org] has been reviewed, adopted and now endorsed at the highest level as an international standard. We now have a standard for productivity documents that is recognised by governments, which often require ISO approval. The OpenOffice.org productivity suite fully supports the new ISO/IEC 26300 standard (and since version 2.0 has has fully supported the OpenDocument format on which it is based). The Project has led the world in charting a new path. Louis Suarez-Potts, the OpenOffice.org Community Manager writes, The approval by the ISO helps level the playing field and helps clarify what is at stake: your intellectual property, your right to use innovative software. The open standard means not only that your property is not held hostage to the company making the application but also that new applications, new extensions, new ways of doing things can be created. The user wins. The time is now, the tools are here, the freedom is yours. -OpenOffice.org About OpenOffice.org The OpenOffice.org Community is an international team of volunteer and sponsored contributors who develop, support, and promote the leading open-source office productivity suite, OpenOffice.org®. OpenOffice.org supports the Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) OASIS Standard (ISO/IEC 26300) as well as legacy industry file formats and is available on major computing platforms in over 65 languages. OpenOffice.org is provided under the GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL). The OpenOffice.org Community acknowledges generous sponsorship from a number of companies, including Sun Microsystems, the founding sponsor and primary contributor. Links The OpenOffice.org Community can be found at http://www.openoffice.org The OpenOffice.org office productivity suite may be downloaded free of charge from http://download.openoffice.org Further information about the suite may be found at http://www.openoffice.org/product/ Press Contacts Jacqueline McNally (UTC +08h00) OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Lead [EMAIL PROTECTED] +61 (8) 9474-3021 John McCreesh (UTC +01h00) OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Co-Lead [EMAIL PROTECTED] +44 (0)7 810 278 540 Cristian Driga (UTC +0200) OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Co-Lead [EMAIL PROTECTED] +40 7887 000 60 Louis Suarez-Potts (UTC -04h00) OpenOffice.org Community Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1 (416) 625 3843 Worldwide Marketing Contacts http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature
[dev] CP Hennessy: Winner, March Round Article Contest
All, New Developer Article Contest Winner: CP Hennessy! CP Hennessy has won the latest round of the contest with an excellent article on the citation facilities of OpenOffice.org. Titled, Current Implementation of the OpenOffice.org Bibliographic Component, the work examines the APIs available to the programmer to manipulate the citation data, and how these API calls actually map to real C++ classes in the OpenOffice.org source code. Winners of the rolling competition (a new one started for April at the beginning of the month; deadline is end of April) receive US $750 plus a lot of recognition and the satisfaction of knowing they are helping developers further OpenOffice.org. About CP: The CTO of OpenApp.biz, a content and document management company using the features of OpenOffice.org, CP has been a longtime contributor to OpenOffice.org who has previously done valuable work helping users, developers, and the general community work better together. Congratulations CP! You can find the article at http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/ Current_Implementation_of_the_OpenOffice.org_Bibliographic_Component or http://tinyurl.com/z3328 Cheers, Louis -- Louis Suarez-Potts Community Manager OpenOffice.org smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature
[dev] Scheduled Maintenance 2006-04-01 01:00-09:00 UTC
The OpenOffice.org site will be temporarily offline for scheduled maintenance beginning 2006-04-01 at 01:00 UTC and ending approximately 8 hours later, at 09:00 UTC. During this period, the site and all associated tools such as email, IssueZilla, CVS and so on will be offline. We apologize for the inconvenience but wish to alert you that you will still be able to download OpenOffice.org 2.0.2 by going to one of the downloads sites listed during the outage on the OpenOffice.org homepage, http://www.openoffice.org/. Louis Suarez-Potts Community Manager OpenOffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[dev] OOoCon 2006 Call For Papers
The OpenOffice.org Conference (OOoCon 2006) Call for Papers *Your proposal should be sent before 1 June 2006 in order to guarantee that it will be considered for inclusion in the Conference.* We are soliciting papers from the broad OpenOffice.org community on topics ranging from developing OpenOffice.org to marketing it; from the global politics of the free and open-source software (FOSS) movement to the technical challenges of localization. This conference is meant to be a forum for technical as well as general examinations of OpenOffice.org's place in the expanding world of FOSS. The conference will cover the following OpenOffice.org topics, organized into five tracks: 1. *General* OpenOffice.org 3.0 Commercializing, integrating, and supporting OpenOffice.org Migration methodology Marketing Funding the project, defining the product, and extending it Attracting people (programmers, documentation writers, linguists, support, marketing...) The OpenOffice.org Community: Past, Present and Future 2. *Education* OpenOffice.org in schools and universities Case studies of student's/pupil's help in developing OpenOffice.org Skill recognition 3. *Public Administration* Case studies of OpenOffice.org in government Government support of OpenOffice.org (and FOSS in general) Collaboration of PA in developing, deploying and using OpenOffice.org Government support 4. *Enterprises* Case studies of OpenOffice.org in private sector (SME - Small to Medium-sized Enterprise) Collaboration of SME in developing, deploying and using OpenOffice.org How the use of OpenOffice.org can expand beyond that of a mere office suite (ODF opens up new horizons) 5. *Development* The source and how to work with it The Roadmap Tools for development Integration and localization UNO and what it can do QA, user interface, and development processes Macros and installers Extensions Filters and other topics 6. *XML OASIS OpenDocument Format* OASIS OpenDocument XML format Introduction to XML Examples of XML technology XML: bridge between OpenOffice.org and other tools *Please submit a proposal by filling out the template and sending it to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]* *template for proposals http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2006/ paper_template.odt *As the OpenOffice.org community consists of members from countries all over the world the talk must be in English.* Please limit your presentation to 50 minutes including questions. Your proposal (abstract) must be sent before 1 June 2006 in order to be considered for inclusion in the Conference. A *presentation* is a general discussion of some topic, including (but not limited to) the software, the community, relationships with other software or communities, and political or philosophical issues. A *case study* is a specific type of presentation that tells what you did to achieve some result; this is usually a success story, but could include a discussion of what mistakes you made and how you overcame them. A *workshop* is a how-to session, in which the presenter gives step- by-step instructions for doing some task such as writing macros, setting up a database, or developing a complex spreadsheet. Workshops usually include some audience activities. A *BoF* (Birds of a Feather meeting) is an informal gathering of people in a particular group, or interested in a specific topic. Examples include the members of a native-language group, the marketing project, documentation writers, or Macintosh coders. A *panel discussion* involves a group of people (usually 3 or 4) led by a moderator. The participants make opening and closing statements on the topic, may discuss the topic among themselves, and may answer questions from the audience (usually submitted in advance). A *lightning talk* is a brief presentation on any topic relevant to the conference. It could be an interesting format to give many people the chance to make their point in a series of exactly 5 minute slots. The template for paper submission includes a section for requesting a travel subsidy. At this point we are not in a position to offer funding for all speakers, and those speakers who do get a subsidy are unlikely to have their full expenses covered. Each request will be considered on the basis of both merit and need, so if you are requesting a subsidy, please give as much information as possible to help us evaluate your request. Please note that someone presenting only a lightning talk is unlikely to receive assistance. An OpenOffice.org Impress template recommended for use for the conference presentations will be published around 1 June 2006. ... and keep a watch on http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2006/ for more information ... A Web version of this message is at http://marketing.openoffice.org/ ooocon2006/cfp.html. **And pass this message around**
[dev] First Winner Developer Article Contest!
All, Cédric Bosdonnat has been chosen OpenOffice.org's first winner of the monthly Developer Article Contest. Congratulations! Cédric's winning entry related to work begun last summer, for Google's Summer of Code, where he initiated development of an Eclipse plugin for OpenOffice.org. (A brief interview of Cédric can be found at http:// www.openoffice.org/editorial/cbosdonnat.htm.) The Developer Article Contest continues each month, so if you want to try your hand, you have a fresh chance now. Winners receive USD $750 plus invaluable attention and the gratification of helping others. Read our document on the matter for more information and start writing! The next deadline is the end of this month. ** C. Bosdonnat's Winning Article, http:// wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/JavaEclipseTuto ** Developer Article Contest, http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/ wiki/OpenOffice.org_Developer_Article_Contest -- Louis Suarez-Potts Community Manager OpenOffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [dev] Please help. I can't get registered at www.openoffic.org. Has been 2 weeks.
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[dev] OpenOffice.org Developer Article Contest starts on February 1, 2006
OpenOffice.org Developer Article Contest starts on February 1, 2006 === Dear developers and technical writers, OpenOffice.org, with the support of Team OpenOffice.org e.V. and extra sponsorship from Sun Microsystems, announces its first Developer Contest starting February 1, 2006. The goal of the developer contest is to generate more developer documentation. We are also interested in promoting OpenOffice.org to developers at the same time. As part of the contest, developers are asked to write articles about developer topics, such as porting, add-on and filter development (e.g. new wizards, Calc functions, chart types, etc.), bug fixing, etc. Every month a committee will pick the best article from the pool of submitted articles. Articles that did not initially win will stay in the pool, so that they can still win later. Detailed rules can be found here: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/ wiki/OpenOffice.org_Developer_Article_Contest The developer contest team wishes all participating developers and writers good luck! We look forward to receiving the first articles. Best regards, The OpenOffice.org Developer Contest Team smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature
Re: [dev] issuezilla/cvs etc infrastructure
Hi, On 2006-01-27, at 10:39 , Caolan McNamara wrote: It seems that issuezilla and cvs have been having continual problems for a number of months now :-( I presume that this affects internal Sun development as well as externals ? Is there any information from collab.net on what the actual problems are, and if there is a permanent solution soon. What changed to make the outages so much more frequent than e.g. this time last year ? There was a Community Council meeting on the subject Wednesday. The IRC log has been posted but I have not written up the minutes. Stefan explained in the IRC meeting what CollabNet is doing and what remains to be done. The latest outage--today's--had to do with MySQL bottlenecks. Until we upgrade to 3.5x. of the infrastructure application (we are at 2.6.x), there probably will be intermittent slowdowns, etc. The archive for the IRC discussion: http://council.openoffice.org/ servlets/ReadMsg?list=discussmsgNo=877 -louis C. smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature
[dev] Brief downtime today 21:45 UTC for 30 minutes
All, The OpenOffice.org site, mail lists, cvs, IssueTracker, will be offline for 30 minutes or less today beginning at 21:45 UTC. We very much regret the sudden notice and inconvenience. The downtime is to install a patch that should speed up dynamic pages. Best, Louis -- Louis Suarez-Potts Community Manager OpenOffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [dev] Re: [native-lang] GPLv3
hi On 2006-01-17, at 18:26 , Kazunari Hirano wrote: Hi Louis, The summit lasts until Tuesday of this week but the discussion period will be fairly long afterward. The issues that I am interested in are coincidentally the obvious ones: * patents * internationalization Can you tell us more about what you mean by You are interested in 'internationalization'? I am interested in possible ways to make translated GPL (in various languages) be legally valid document. Thanks, khirano Over the next year or so there will be a series of meetings throughout the world whose purpose will be to bring in commentary and discussions from free software groups. WRT the issue of internationalization, in the context of the license it means using language that makes it easier to be translated and understood. I would hope, too, that it uses language that reflects the interests of groups outside the rather narrow North American/European band. best Louis - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [dev] GPLv3
Hi, On 2006-01-16, at 18:24 , Christian Lohmaier wrote: Hi Louis, *, On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 01:14:21AM -0500, Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: please respond on dev@openoffice.org [...] Let me know on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list what is important to your communities and to you regarding the GPL and what changes should be made to make it better. Since GPL is not used for software only, the term of based on should be defined with non-software stuff in mind as well. E.g. having a wordlist as GPL - and my program reads-in that list (requires the list for some operations) -- does this make my program based on the list/data? Is that infectuous? I hope you get the idea.. I do. Thanks. I'll raise it with the FSF. FWIW, see Simon Phipps' notes on Eben Moglen's lecture on v3 : http:// www.webmink.net/ Today was mainly procedural. Tomorrow issues of GPL in global frame and other points will be raised. There will also be numerous other meetings throughout the world following this initial one. ciao Christian -- NP: Metallica - Fuel ciao Louis - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[dev] OpenOffice.org 2.0.1
MEDIA ALERT
21 December 2005
New release of the free office suite OpenOffice.org offers additional
features
The OpenOffice.org Project today released version 2.0.1 of its office
suite. Eight weeks after the major release 2.0 was published, a first
update is available that brings along new features and remedies minor
bugs.
The main focus of the new release was correcting bugs, in particular in
localisations. However, a number of new features were added as well. So,
for example, it is now possible to disable and hide particular
application settings, which comes in handy for central administration in
networks. Moreover, a new keyboard shortcut permits the user to return
to a saved cursor position. The bullets and numbering feature has been
expanded, and a new mail merge feature is available.
Last but not least, Macedonian has been added as an official language.
Several other localized versions are also available, such as Turkish,
Russian, Slovenian, Hungarian, Estonian and Bulgarian.
About OpenOffice.org
The OpenOffice.org Project is an international community of volunteers
and sponsors including founding sponsor and primary contributor, Sun
Microsystems. OpenOffice.org develops, supports, and promotes the
open-source office productivity suite, OpenOffice.org. The project can
be found at http://www.openoffice.org/.
OpenOffice.org supports the Open Document Format for Office Applications
(OpenDocument) OASIS Standard and is available on major computing
platforms in over 60 languages. OpenOffice.org is provided under the GNU
Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL).
Media Contact
{MarCon contact details here)
Press Contacts
Jacqueline McNally (UTC +08h00)
OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Lead
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
+61 (8) 9474-3021
John McCreesh (UTC +01h00)
OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Co-Lead
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
+44 (131) 523-9218
Louis Suarez-Potts (UTC -04h00)
OpenOffice.org Community Manager
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
+1 (416) 625 3843
Worldwide Marketing Contacts
http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html
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[dev] P2P Project
Everyone! The P2P project needs you :-) See http://distribution.openoffice.org/p2p/ Deepankar Datta, who helped to put the project into shape and who initially created and maintained the Web pages, no longer has the time to manage the project. Adrian Mcneil and Mike Niblett (who does the tech stuff) continue the effort. But we need someone who is willing to dive in and make it theirs. So, what's required? * A couple of hours a week * Some (the more the better) knowledge of P2P clients, policies, ethics * Basic skills with creating and in maintaining Web pages * Interest in the field This is an important project, as it complements our existing archipelago of volunteer mirrors and showcases the distribution coolness and advantages of open-source software. If you are interested, send a note (not a CV! :-) ) to me (louis at openoffice.org) and cc Adrian Mcneil (adrian.mcneil at gmail.com). Cheers Louis Distribution Project Lead http://distribution.openoffice.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[dev] A genuine open-standard format
Genuine Open-Standard Format for Office Documents Already Available 25 November 2005 OpenOffice.org believes that the demand for a genuine open-standard format for office documents is overwhelming. Users of office software are coming to realise that their real investment lies not in the software itself, but in the spreadsheets, databases, and wordprocessing documents which they have created: their own intellectual property. The only way to guarantee access to this investment long term is for the data to be stored in a vendor- neutral, open-standard format. Microsoft's announcement on Monday, 21 Nov., that it recognises the market pressure for open-standard data formats is a welcome development. But why opt for a new standard? OpenDocument, which OpenOffice.org uses, is approved by OASIS - the standards body for XML data formats in business; OASIS is sponsored by all the leading names in IT, including Microsoft. In addition, OpenDocument was submitted to the International Standards Organisation (ISO) on 30 September 2005 for ratification. OpenDocument is a genuine vendor-neutral, open-standard specification, free from intellectual property encumbrances, so that all developers are free to work with it, including open-source developers. Vendors and developers do not need to continue with the current limiting industry standard, as the OpenDocument standard is available now. Utilising an open-standard, such as OpenDocument, driven and supported by many vendors, is of huge benefit to organisations and their customers. Interoperability between different applications and potential new ventures formed among vendors supporting OpenDocument will stimulate innovation. Following an open process, the OASIS OpenDocument Technical Committee has a long term commitment to extend, improve, and maintain the standard as technology changes. Membership is open to anyone and users of OpenDocument may view the OpenDocument proceedings and participate in an increasing number of forums. See: a href=http:// www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=office target=_blankhttp://www.oasis- open.org/committees/tc_home.php? wg_abbrev=office/a OpenOffice.org and other open-source projects are well placed to lead and contribute to the innovation of new e-business applications utilising the OpenDocument file format specification. About OpenOffice.org The OpenOffice.org Project is an international community of volunteers and sponsors including founding sponsor and primary contributor, Sun Microsystems. OpenOffice.org develops, supports, and promotes the open-source office productivity suite, OpenOffice.org. The project can be found at http://www.openoffice.org/. OpenOffice.org supports the Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) OASIS Standard and is available on major computing platforms in over 60 languages. OpenOffice.org is provided under the GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL). Press Contacts Jacqueline McNally (UTC +08h00) OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Lead [EMAIL PROTECTED] +61 (8) 9474-3021 John McCreesh (UTC +00h00) OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Co-Lead [EMAIL PROTECTED] +44 (0)7 810 278 540 Louis Suarez-Potts (UTC -05h00) OpenOffice.org Community Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1 (416) 625-3843 Worldwide Marketing Contacts http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html ---///--- - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[dev] Happy Birthday OpenOffice.org!
All, FIVE YEARS OF OPENOFFICE.ORG, MORE TO COME 13 October, 2005 - 1400 UTC On this day, five years ago, the fledgling OpenOffice.org community provided the first public access to the source code donated from StarOffice by Sun Microsystems. The OpenOffice.org community had recently been formed, and declared it's intent to create, as a community, the leading international office suite that will run on all major platforms and provide access to all functionality and data. Since then, the popularity and functionality of the OpenOffice.org office productivity suite has grown exponentially and has had a major impact not only in the greater Open Source community, but for all users of office productivity software, worldwide. The last five years have not only seen significant improvements in the software, but also a notable growth in the community and a number of organisational changes. These changes include the tremendous growth of the Native Language Confederation, which now numbers thousands of contributors, the establishment of a Community Council, and the Engineering Steering Committee, both of which go a long way to improving communication and transparency in one of the largest open-source communities. OpenOffice.org developers and contributors number in the thousands and they live in every part of the globe. From its early days to now, OpenOffice.org has been international in scope and mission. Significant contributions from many organisations including Novell, Red Hat, Debian, Propylon, Intel and primary sponsor Sun Microsystems, ensure the ongoing presence and support of OpenOffice.org. Independent contributors also make a considerable impact in terms of code development, marketing, translation, documentation and web presence. The OpenOffice.org community looks forward to the continuing the expansion, enhancement and innovation of technologies within the suite. One thing is certain, there is more to come. Thanks to all, The OpenOffice.org Community About OpenOffice.org The OpenOffice.org Project is an international community of volunteers and sponsors including founding sponsor and primary contributor, Sun Microsystems. OpenOffice.org develops, supports, and promotes the open-source office productivity suite, OpenOffice.org. The project can be found at http://www.openoffice.org/. OpenOffice.org fully supports the Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) OASIS Standard and is available on major computing platforms in over 60 languages. Global Marketing Contacts Jacqueline McNally (UTC +08h00) OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Lead [EMAIL PROTECTED] +61 (8) 9474-3021 John McCreesh (UTC +01h00) OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Co-Lead [EMAIL PROTECTED] +44 (131) 523-9218 Louis Suarez-Potts OpenOffice.org Community Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1 (416) 625-3843 Copyright © 2005 - OpenOffice.org ---///--- - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[dev] OpenOffice.org 2.0 Release Candidate
All, OpenOffice.org 2.0 has gone from being a Beta to a Release Candidate (RC). Congratulations to all who made this possible! As an RC, OpenOffice.org 2.0 RC still--even more so--needs to be downloaded and tested by the community. So we urge you to go to http:// download.openoffice.org/2.0.0rc/index.html and start the fun. The sooner we clean up the bugs, the sooner we can come out with OpenOffice.org 2.0. And what is OpenOffice.org 2.0? The world's best and easiest to use free productivity suite. Read the product page and features pages for more information. * OpenOffice.org 2.0 RC http://download.openoffice.org/2.0.0rc/ index.html * Product http://www.openoffice.org/product2/index.html * Features http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/features/2.0/index.html *** NOTE: For right now, Windows user will have to remove older Beta and developer builds prior to the installation of the RC because of an incorrect interpretation of their version information by the Windows Installer. As a matter of course the stable version OpenOffice.org 1.1.x (most recent: 1.1.5) can be used concurrently. Cheers to all, Team OpenOffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[dev] License Simplification
All, On 2 September 2005 Sun Microsystems announced that it was retiring the Sun Industry Standards Source License (SISSL), an Open Source Initiative (OSI)-approved software license. In recent weeks, the OSI, which authorises open-source licenses, has been discussing limiting license proliferation, so as to make the process of choosing a license easier for developers and companies. Sun's move is in support of that objective. How does this move affect OpenOffice.org? As most know, OpenOffice.org code was launched under the dual banner of the SISSL and LGPL; licensees could choose which one they wanted to use, and nearly all have chosen the LGPL. Effective with the announcement that Sun is retiring the SISSL, however, OpenOffice.org will in the future only be licensed under the LGPL. For users, the simplification means: no change. OpenOffice.org remains free to use, distribute, even sell. One can freely use it in commercial as well as government environments; nothing has changed. For vendors, distributors, add-on and plug-in writers of OpenOffice.org: The LGPL allows for commercial distribution without affecting derived products in the same way as the GPL. For developers and other contributors: As the code will be licensed only under the LGPL, modifications to the source must be published. (The SISSL did not require all changes to the source to be published.) As most OpenOffice.org contributors are already openly contributing to the community, we anticipate no problems. And for those who have been using the SISSL exclusively, we invite you to join us. The OpenOffice.org Community Council http://council.openoffice.org http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/license-change.html - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[dev] Vote for Community Contributor Representative
All, Vote for the next Community Contributor Representative (CCR) to the Community Council! Voting begins Monday 11 July at 00:00 UTC and ends Friday, 15 July, at 00:00 UTC. There are four candidates for the CCR office. The CCR holds a seat on the Community Council for 6 months (more or less) and represents you. Prior office holders were CP Hennessy and Daniel Carrera. The candidate is supposed to be someone who is familiar with OpenOffice.org (project and product) and able to speak to the needs of end users as well as the Incubator project members. All the candidates are qualified. They are (in no particular order): * Laurent Godard * Rene Engelhard * Christian Lohmaier * Hirano Kazunari To vote, you must be a registered OpenOffice.org community member. Here is how to vote: 1. Log in if you are not already. Go to My start page, and click on the Vote Now! hyperlink on the right hand side. You will be taken to a page where you can cast your vote. (My start page is at : http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/StartPage) If you are not a member, now is the time :-) . To register and join, go to http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/join . Then follow the instructions above. if you are curious about the Community Council, go to http:// council.openoffice.org/ to learn more. ** Remember: Vote by Friday 00:00 UTC.** Thanks as always to Cristian Driga, who has volunteered immeasurably of his time and resources to provide for OpenOffice.org's votes and surveys! -Louis Suarez-Potts Community Manager smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature
[dev] OOoCon 2005 Call For Papers
All, The third international OpenOffice.org Conference, OOoCon 2005, will be held in Koper-Capodistria, Slovenia, this year, from 28-30 September, and you are invited! Promoted this year as a joint effort by the Slovenian and Italian OpenOffice.org language projects, the conference provides the opportunity for the community to meet the developers, contributors, marketers, and others who are making OpenOffice.org one of the most important open-source projects and products today. If you have been thinking about coding for OpenOffice.org and want tips, now is your chance; curious about OpenOffice.org's XML potential? Want to write extensions? Plug ins? Then come to the conference! Indeed if you are not technically minded but want to join a great community come along and find out why so many people are switching to OpenOffice.org. We have posted the call for papers (CFP) and are soliciting presentations from the general OpenOffice.org community (and then some) for papers concerning the development of OpenOffice.org to its marketing; from the global politics of free software to the technicalities of localizing OpenOffice.org. To see all the tracks open and to obtain the template for submissions, as well as to request travel assistance, visit: * http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2005/cfp.html 250-word abstracts in English must be submitted to [EMAIL PROTECTED] by 10 July 2005. We ask that you use our template for your abstract. It can be found on the CFP page. For more information, visit the OOoCon 2005 pages: * http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2005/index.html And to learn more about the lovely seaside city of Koper - Capodistria (a bilingual community), see: * http://www.slo-istra.com/koper/slo.asp Cheers, The OpenOffice.org Team PS Pass this CFP along. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[dev] OOoCon 2005
All, The third international OOoCon will be held this year from 28 to 30 September in Koper (Capodistria), Slovenia. Make your plans now! As in previous years, the conference will bring together developers and distributors, users, businesses, and governments from all parts of the globe. It's OpenOffice.org's major conference and should not be missed. Thanks to the Slovenian and Italian teams for putting together the winning proposal. To learn more about the conference, go to http:// marketing.openoffice.org/conference/. If you wish to sponsor or contribute assistance, send a message to: * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cheers, The OpenOffice.org Team - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [dev] Linux distros
hi Maybe the [EMAIL PROTECTED] is better? Everything about installation (= supported platforms) is discussed there. As well, for all things related to releases, releases@openoffice.org Thanks, Jacqueline!! Regards, Robert best Louis - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[dev] Winner, OpenOffice.org 2.0 Splashscreen Competition
All, Thousands of OpenOffice.org community members participated in the voting for the OpenOffice.org 2.0 splashscreen. People could vote for their favourite three choices from the eleven splashscreens shortlisted form over 340 submissions from 103 artists and designers. We are pleased to announce that Brendan Wheelan was the outright winner with his splashscreen design: http://www.openoffice.org/editorial/bwhelan.html Brendan, a professional programmer, has since worked with the development team to finalise the artwork to be included in OpenOffice.org 2.0 Beta, including the splashscreen, about box and installer graphics. The splashscreen competition not only provided a successful splashscreen, but created awareness of the OpenOffice.org Art Project (http://marketing.openoffice.org/art/) that is responsible for the creation and maintenance of graphics and art pieces for the OpenOffice.org community. Thank you to all the artists who participated in the splashscreen competition. We look forward to any other ways you may wish to contribute to the OpenOffice.org Art Project. Congratulations Brendan, and a big thank you also to all the community members who participated in voting for the splashscreen. Regards Jacqueline McNally Lead, OpenOffice.org Marketing Project - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
