Re: [board-discuss] Resignation from the Membership Committee

2012-07-22 Thread André Schnabel
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Dear Board Members, dear Foundation trustees,

I hereby resign from The Documents Foundation's Membership Committee.

I'm looking forward to see the first full elections of a Membership
Committe as defined in our statues. Thanks to the current (past)
members of the MC and also thanks to the Board members for all the
support.

(Not to forget our trustees, for the contributions to LibreOffice).

best regards,

André Schnabel
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[board-discuss] New members

2012-01-09 Thread André Schnabel
Hi all,

back from the end of the year vacations, the MC started to process
membership applications.

So our new members are:

- Fa Conti ( user support and contributing to user documentation in
Brazil)

- Rui Ogawa (contributions to brazilain magazine and proting
LibreOffice in sozial networks)

- Raul Pacheco da Silva (contributions to brazilian user documentation
and magazine)

- Lionel Elie Mamane (several code contributions, e.g. for
PostgreSQL driver, build system enhancements and other fixes)

- Ivan Timofeev (several code contibutions, e.g. print dialog
   enhancements)

- Olav Dahlum (maintaining Norwegian localization and website)

- Peter Foley (fixes and enhancements for the build system / gbuild)


A warm welcome to all of them from my side


Kind regards
André



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[board-discuss] New members

2011-11-16 Thread André Schnabel
Hi all,

The Membership commitee started again to process membership applications.

So our new members are:

(already approved on 2011-10-31)
- Kevin Hunter (cotinous code contribution, promoting LibreOffice)
- Tollef Fog Heen (our bugzilla SysAdmin)
- Peter Szakal (active promotion of LibreOffice in Hungary, through PR
and local events)

(approved on 2011-11-14)
- Jean-Yves ROYER (constant user support at mailing lists, one of the
organizers of LibOCon Paris)
- Loic Dachary (development of the Bug Submission Assistant)
- Jesse Adelman (developer, e.g. add-modeline script)

A warm welcome to all of them from my side


Kind regards
André

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[board-discuss] New foundation web pages published

2011-11-16 Thread André Schnabel
Hi,

as noticed before, I published some new pages at the foundation website:
http://www.documentfoundation.org/foundation/

Information is not final, as we still are in (but close to the end of)
the process  of establishing the legal foundation.

If you have requests (or obligations) for further changes (besides
fixing my usual typos :(  ), please tell.

regards,

André

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Re: [board-discuss] New foundation web pages published

2011-11-16 Thread André Schnabel
Hi,

Am 16.11.2011 22:16, schrieb klaus-jürgen weghorn ol:

 The page is broken in ie 9.0 win7 64bit.
 In FF and Chrome the page is ok.

 I'm ccing you to attach a screenshot.
 I have not the rights to change it for myself.

Well - I see the problem in your screenshot, but the page displays fine
for me using IE9, win7 64bit (so the same as for you).

No idea, what needs to be fixed.

regards,

André

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Re: [board-discuss] New foundation web pages published

2011-11-16 Thread André Schnabel
Hi,

Am 16.11.2011 21:17, schrieb Florian Effenberger:
 Hi,

 André Schnabel wrote on 2011-11-16 21:12:
 I'd rather put these information only after the rules are legally safe
 (means when the statutes have been accepted by the authorities).

 I know, the current content of the pages is just a compromise.

 another proposal: How about adding the e-mail addresses of the seat
 holders? Might that make sense?

For what reason? (And in case you name one, why had'nt this be a reason
within the last year?)

To get in touch with the TDF?
- we have a contacts page, listing the mailing lists and dedicated
spokespeople

To get in touch with the BoD members?
  - altough the BoD is representing the Foundation, that does not mean
that contct information must be available in public
  - you can just go to the mailinglist and pick the adresses there (some
bod members even list full contact details in their signature)

So I would not make that a requirement - but if some members want to add
contact details .. why not.

regards,

André

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Re: [steering-discuss] Preparing elections for the membership committee

2011-10-30 Thread André Schnabel

Hi,

Am 30.10.2011 17:09, schrieb Norbert Thiebaud:

Maybe we can do with the current MC as 'initially designated' for the
first 6 month of the foundation and organize a MC election then, since
it would be a good idea to have BoD election and MC election somewhat
separated to avoid 'oversight'/'membership' issues.


Seems reasonable to me - as long as there is a substitude for Thorsten 
and all of the other MC members agree to be on duty for another 6 months.


regards,

André

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Re: [tdf-discuss] Associations around TDF

2011-10-27 Thread André Schnabel

Hi Sophie,

Am 26.10.2011 16:50, schrieb Sophie Gautier:



Who would like to work with me on drawing the guidelines for the 3rd
type in a first time, then on the 2nd type.


I can help with type 3 .. but I'd be happy to see other people helping 
(you know, it gets quite boring when a founding member of TDF and FrODeV 
- two entities who currently have a very close relationship - tries to 
write some guidelines for exactly these relationship ;) )


what would also be very helpfull woult be a list of interested NGOs 
should I satrt a list at the wiki?



regards,

André

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Re: [libreoffice-website] Re: [steering-discuss] Optional local NGO donation links on download and extension pages

2011-10-19 Thread André Schnabel

Hi,

Am 19.10.2011 19:24, schrieb Christian Lohmaier:

this proposal is now recorded as approved by the SC at
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/BoD_Decisions

So - all we need is someone to implement this :)  Is there someone at the
website team able to take care about this?

So the requirement is to have the actual donation form on the download
page directly?



No - I would not do that (at least not for local NGOs). If we would do, 
we would end up with a quite a complex form - and we would need to make 
sure that the donation details are correct for each and every NGO.






What we need is a way to link to donations from the download site.
The generic information (which should be at every download page, no matter
of the locale) would be
http://www.libreoffice.org/get-involved/donate/
plus info about SPI (Sophie should be able to provide the details, I think).

 From my understanding, you want the automatically generated
download-page to also add links (or full paypal forms? please
specify/provide what shall be added to the html at best :-)) +
additionall approved, language specific organizations, is that right?


I would go for links plus a short introduction of the NGO.

For FrODev I'd put something like:

Freies Office Deutschland e.V.
ist ein gemeinnütziger Verein, der die Arbeit an LibreOffice und anderen 
freien Office-Projekten finanziell, durch Bereitstellung von 
Infrastruktur und Informationsmaterial sowie durch aktive Mitarbeit 
unterstützt.

Spendenmöglichkeiten finden Sie unter http://www.frodev.org/spenden



regards,

André

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Re: [steering-discuss] Proposal: Optional local NGO donation links on download and extension pages

2011-10-14 Thread André Schnabel
Hi Thorsten, *


Am 22.09.2011 10:28, schrieb Thorsten Behrens:
 ... 
 A local, native-lang NGO, that is in good standing with TDF, and
 fulfills the following prerequisites

  * has at least three NGO members, that are accepted TDF members at
the same time
  * is an non-profit organisation
  * has, in the past year, organised or participated in at least one
local or native-lang event, that was promoting or helping
LibreOffice

 can ask for having their donation details listed on the native lang
 download and extension pages, below the generic TDF one. Multiple
 NGOs per native-lang category can apply, and are listed in order of
 application.

 Listed NGOs are reviewed after one year.

Currently I count 4 SC member voting +1 plus one deputy voting +1.

Although this meets the criteria for a quorum I'd suggest that more SC
members express their support for the proposal I know that almost all of
us support it, but this needs to be documented ;). Note that I did not
count Thorsten as supporting vote, as there is no clear indication
although he sent in the proposal.

Thanks and regards,

André




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Re: [steering-discuss] SC call on 15th

2011-10-08 Thread André Schnabel



Am 07.10.2011 14:50, schrieb Florian Effenberger:

Hello,

following our usual schedule, the next SC call would be on Saturday, 
15th. However, since most of us are still in Paris there, and will 
meet in person, I propose we adjourn that call, so the next SC call 
will be on Wednesday, 19th.


+1

André

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Re: [tdf-discuss] donation button on German download page

2011-09-20 Thread André Schnabel

Hi Drew,


Am 20.09.2011 19:53, schrieb drew:

(lot's of usefull comment :) )


To be clear though - in general I do not think having direct donation
requests on LibreOffice pages for external organizations is wise, though
I do think TDF/LibreOffice pages should include links to external
organization websites where appropriate ( and IMO should be fairly
liberal in defining appropriate )


after all I think, we (means you an me, not speaking for others here)  
have quite the same ideas on the matter. So thanks for clarification.


regards,

André

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[steering-discuss] MC meeting minutes 2011-09-19

2011-09-19 Thread André Schnabel

Hi,

minutes from today's MC meeting are at

http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/Membership_Committee_Meetings#Minutes_2011-09-19


Please review.

In short:
- status and next steps for elections
- no applications processed (due to application freeze during BoD elections)

best regards,

André

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Re: [steering-discuss] decision on screenshots

2011-08-08 Thread André Schnabel

Hi Tom,

Am 08.08.2011 15:43, schrieb Tom Davies:


The fact that one person is ignorant of the risk (or chooses to ignore it) does
not mean the rest of the Steering Committee are.  Indeed, there was a meeting
that came up with the rough draft of the 2 paragraphs prepared by Florian.
There is still no mention of where the responsibility would lay if the perceived
risk did happen but as the meeting wrote it, the potential threat should be
avoided by using GnuLinux if easily possible.


this was briefly mentioned during the call: the publisher of the 
screenshots would be at risk.
So initially the risk at the indiviual who contributes the screenshot 
(and therefore publishes it at

the wiki, a documentation collaboration site or anywhere else).
If TDF makes the document an official TDF documentation (means TDF is 
the visible publisher)

the risk is at TDF as well.



With GnuLinux screen-shots there is NO risk.


Oh, who did say that ? :) E.g. no Gnu/Linux software license gives you 
permission to take a

screenshot and redistribute this under a CC license.
Of course, there would be hardly any  FLOSS developer claiming that you 
should not do so.



There was a suggestion earlier in the discussion that if TDF did get clobbered
by MS for using screen-shots on their OSes then it could
1.  Let MS target individuals that produced the screen-shots or
2.  TDF could counter-sue the individuals themselves
The post also suggested that TDF should reject any documentation that was
produced using non-Windows screen-shots.


Oh -  imho TDF should be there to protect individuals (who actually 
contribute to TDF projects),

 not to sue them.


In the MS vs TomTom case. TomTom were forced to pay substantial damages to MS
for saving data.  The TomTom devices used what 'everyone' uses for saving data.
The hardware was their own, the systems were their own but they used Fat32, or
Fat16 file-systems for saving their own data onto their own devices.


This is a completely different story,  as parts of FAT are patent 
protected and MS is getting patent license fees from almost all 
implementors (so yes, even for your digicam you likey pay to MS).

But .. this is getting far off-topic.

regards,

André

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[steering-discuss] Call for SC-vote: Using (Windows) Screnshots in TDF materials

2011-07-18 Thread André Schnabel

Hi,

in our latest SC-Call we discussed the issue about taking and publishing 
Screenshots on windows. As we had no quorum in the call, I'd ask every 
SC member / deputy to vote on the statement we agreed in the call.


The statement is:

It is noted that several members of the SC acknowledge the existence of 
a legal risk to display screenshots of LibreOffice on Windows, but the 
risk is deemed low, therefore, while screenshots on GNU/Linux should be 
the default ones, screenshots on Windows are also possible.



Meeting minutes are at:
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/Steering_Committee_Meetings#Minutes_2011-07-13

regards,

André

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Re: [steering-discuss] Call for SC-vote: Using (Windows) Screnshots in TDF materials

2011-07-18 Thread André Schnabel

So .. casting my vote

Am 18.07.2011 19:22, schrieb André Schnabel:

The statement is:

It is noted that several members of the SC acknowledge the existence 
of a legal risk to display screenshots of LibreOffice on Windows, but 
the risk is deemed low, therefore, while screenshots on GNU/Linux 
should be the default ones, screenshots on Windows are also possible.



+1

André

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[steering-discuss] Call for SC-vote: Changes in the Membership Committee

2011-07-18 Thread André Schnabel

Hi,

this topic has already been discussed here at the list and briefly in 
our last SC call. But there is no formal decision yet.


To keep the MC operational during the next weeks, I proposed some 
changes (approve all current deputies as full members, MC will take 
decisions consensus with a needed quorum of 2/3rd). My proposal to add 
David Emmerich Jourdain did not get consensus (while the other two items 
seemd to have this) - so I'd skipp this part for now.


Please also note, that this changes would be temporary, as we will have 
to re-elect the MC soon after BoD-elections.


So I'd ask each SC member / deputy to vote on following two items:

1. approve all current deputies of the MC as full MC members. (so the MC 
will have 5 members in total - Sophie Gautier, Fridrich Strba, André 
Schnabel, Thorsten Behrens, Cor Nouws  )


2. approve that the MC should decide on applications in consensus with a 
needed quorum of 2/3rd (means currently 4 members).



Thanks and regards,

André

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Re: [steering-discuss] Re: screen-shots Documentation Team

2011-07-13 Thread André Schnabel

Hi David,

Am 13.07.2011 17:34, schrieb David Nelson:

I noted your change to the agenda item:

(Italo: I do not like the way this item for discussion has been
worded, according to what has been discussed in the mailing list)

I was invited to add an agenda item for discussion, and this is the
subject that I'm hoping that the SC will clarify, which arises from
multiple past discussions about Windows screenshots. Given the claimed
legal sensitivity of the issue, and the claimed legal liability
arising from use of Windows screenshots, I feel it is indeed a valid
matter to put before the SC for some official guidance/decisions.


I fully agree with Italo here. The discussion here at the list (and even 
you comment right now) is focused on the legal implications and what the 
SC would think of it. Your wording for the agenda item is much broader 
and requests a general decision on the screenshots independent from 
possible legal implications.


For agenda item 2: a very basic rule for questions to the SC should be 
that the question should be crystal clear and not be changed half a day 
before the SC's decision. At the moment I don't even know anymore what 
the actual question is.


regards,

André



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[steering-discuss] MC meeting minutes

2011-07-13 Thread André Schnabel

Hi,

minutes from today's MC meeting are online at
  
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/Membership_Committee_Meetings#Minutes_2011-07-13


Unfortunately we missed two applications that have been in review 
already (completely my fault, leading the meeting). We need to take care 
about this in the next meeting.



regards,

André

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[steering-discuss] Wiki page with SC decisions

2011-07-11 Thread André Schnabel

Hi,

as suggested at the last SC meeting I started a wiki page listing our 
decisions.


I started this at
   http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/BoD_Decisions

if no one objects to the general form, I'd link this page from the SC 
and bylaws bages in the wiki.


regards,

André




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[steering-discuss] Request for changes of Membership Committee

2011-07-11 Thread André Schnabel

Dear SC members,

as today's MC meeting had to be postponed again we (Sophie and me) like 
to suggest following changes for the MC:


1. approve all current deputies of the MC plus David Emmerich Jourdain 
(who volunteered as deputiy but has not yet been approved) as full MC 
members. (so the MC will have 6 members in total - curent deputies and 
David of courrse need to agree on this )


2. approve that the MC should decide on applications in consensus with a 
needed qurom of 2/3rd (means currently 4 members).



Reviewing membership applications is (imho) one of the key tasks for our 
community - so the current situation is quite unfortunate. Sophie and me 
agreed, that we should not take a decision if only two members are in a 
meeting.


Thanks and regards,

André


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[steering-discuss] Meeting Minutes online

2011-07-10 Thread André Schnabel

Hi,

minutes from yesterday's meeting are online

http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/Steering_Committee_Meetings#Meeting_minutes

please read and review.

regards,

André

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Re: [steering-discuss] next SC call

2011-06-28 Thread André Schnabel

Hi,

not sure if I can make it (likely not in time - maybe not at all).

maybe Leif can join as my deputy?

regards,

André


Am 26.06.2011 20:56, schrieb Florian Effenberger:

Hi,

this is just a short reminder that the next SC call is

this Wednesday, June 29th, at 1600 UTC

The SC call thereafter will be on

Saturday, July 9th, at 1400 UTC

Florian



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[steering-discuss] MC-meeting minutes 2011-06-16

2011-06-16 Thread André Schnabel

Hi,

meeting minutes are at the wiki:
 
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/Membership_Committee_Meetings#Minutes_2011-06-16

(Cor, Fridrich - please edit the wiki, if I forgot something important.)

I'll inform the approved members (and rejected applicants) within the 
next few hours and update the website after that.


regards,

André

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[steering-discuss] Membership Committee wiki page updated

2011-06-14 Thread André Schnabel

Hi,

I just updated the infos at the MC wiki page (improve the generic 
agenda, so that it is showing, what we discuss; link to the minutes 
page; add mailing list name for how to contact the MC).


And in addition to that: I feel sorry to say, that yesterday's meeting 
had to be adjourned. I hope, we find a new timeslot within the next 
days, as some people are really wayiting for their application to be 
processed.


regards,

André

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Re: [steering-discuss] FYI: Apache Incubator is now voting

2011-06-12 Thread André Schnabel

Hi,

Am 11.06.2011 16:24, schrieb Norbert Thiebaud:


And if it wasn't for all that I would still suggest that bylaws should
codify the 'minimum' required to maintain a functioning
Foundation in case of discord... It should not be an attempt to codify
_everything_ we do.


+1 .. if we did otherwise, we would not be able to survive in an always 
changing world.



Such 'tradition' (like the non-biding vote at Apache for example), is
a matter of collective culture, something that evolve organically
by tacit consensus... over time.

You may have noticed that there is no 'biding -'1 in the current vote
so far (unless I missed one)


I currently count 2. But am no expert for Apache procedures either.

André

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Re: [steering-discuss] proposed bylaws changes

2011-06-09 Thread André Schnabel

Hi,

+1 for all of the proposed changes.

regards,

André

Am 09.06.2011 10:17, schrieb Florian Effenberger:

Hello,

as we are moving forward with legally setting up the foundation, and 
translate/adapt the bylaws into German, we noticed that some tweaks 
and simplifications are required - in general we feel the shorter 
these documents are, the better it is for understanding.


Proposed change #1:
---

We should replace the words moral commitment (which are rather 
off-putting to many with a stark view of their integrity and morals) 
with something softer:


from:
Every membership applicant must have been active for at least three 
(3) months, and should make a moral commitment to at least six (6) 
months activity (not counting the first three (3) months of 
fulfillment of qualification).


to:
Every membership applicant must have been active for at least three 
(3) months, and should make a best effort commitment to continuing 
their activity for a further six (6) months.


Which I hope captures the spirit, without invoking things that cannot 
be predicted.


Proposed change #2:
---

Then a separate set of changes  cleanups around the Advisory Board:

* The /Donor/ definition is not referenced outside of the /Sponsor/ 
definition, and so should be collapsed into there.
* The /Sponsor/ definition is referenced in a redundant, non-normative 
way by the Members/Contributors definition and should be removed.


from:
The Community's Members are people who contribute their time, efforts 
and skills independently (individual persons contributing on either a 
paid or unpaid basis), or who may work for Sponsors (refer to 
definition of Sponsors).


to:
The Community's Members are individuals who contribute their time, 
efforts and skills whether on a paid or voluntary basis.


Proposed change #3:
---

* Remove the Sponsors section. This is now only referred to in the 
Advisory Board definition and sections, and as such can be expanded 
there.


* Expand the Advisory Board definition.

from:
The Advisory Board represents the Foundation's Sponsors. Each Sponsor 
is entitled to appoint one representative. For more information, see 
Advisory Board under Governance.


to:
The Advisory Board provides a forum for organisations that provide a 
substantial minimum level of financial, or other support as determined 
by the BoD to meet with the BoD and provide advice. For more 
information, see Advisory Board under Governance.


Proposed change #4:
---

* Re-work the Advisory Board section:

from:
The Advisory Board [AB] is staffed by Sponsors' representatives (refer 
to definition of Sponsors). Each Sponsor can have no more than one 
representative on the Advisory Board. Each Sponsor's representative is 
appointed for a term of one (1) year, but can be re-appointed for a 
further year in office at the end of each term.
The AB's primary function is to represent The Document Foundation's 
Sponsors, and to provide the Board of Directors with advice, guidance 
and proposals.


to:
The Advisory Board [AB] is staffed, at the BoD's discretion by 
organisations that havemade a substantial contribution to The 
Document Foundation. Each organisation appointing a single 
representative to the Advisory Board based on a yearly fee to be 
determined by the BoD.
The AB's primary function is to represent these organisations by 
providing the BoD with advice, guidance and proposals.


Thoughts?

Florian



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Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: [Libreoffice] Proposal to join Apache OpenOffice

2011-06-08 Thread André Schnabel

Hi Jim,


Am 08.06.2011 18:25, schrieb Jim Jagielski:


It's possible, sure, but if the ASF were to do this, then I
would expect that they/we would spent quite a bit of time
determining the best place for it... Not saying that it's
not TDF, but who knows... Not a slam against TDF at all,
just an honest statement that we don't know where it would
go.


I see no problem in that statement, as it is just what you say: honest.

But a mail before you wrote:

... There are people who see TDF's resistance to working with the ASF ...


I do not see, that this resistance really exists for two reasons:

1st
It is up to the individuals to bring a project forward, so the TDF as 
abstract entity would do very abstract work only. If you have a look at 
the recent discussions, you may notice that many TDF members already 
gave a lot of input and helped Apache to make a good decision. I 
personally would consider this as working together (at least as a 
first step).


2nd
I hope I'm allowed to be as honest as you are. I don't feel that ASF is 
the best place for the OOo trademark and source code. But I still 
consider Apache as a good place - so imho we are at a quite even level 
(unless you want to tell that TDF would be a really bad place for the 
OOo assets ;) ).



regards,

André

(PS.: same rule here as at the Apache lists: I'm speaking as individual 
- not as TDF)




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Re: [tdf-discuss] OpenOffice.org Summit Proposal

2011-06-08 Thread André Schnabel

Hi,

I almost forgot about that, as it is not a summit but may be the 
earliest date for a meeting.

http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/DE/QAWochenende2011

So if some of you live rather close to Essen/Germany you may join us 
there. It would be helpfull to understand / speak German, as it is a 
meeting of the German community members. We used to have this as annual 
meeting with focus on QA and localization for some years now. But it is 
always a nice event to get to know each other, have barbecue, pizza and 
beer (or whatever you like ;) )


If you like to join, please notify Jacqueline and prefferable 
disc...@de.libreoffice.org. There are still some places left to stay 
overnight (but please be aware the we only have double rooms).


regards,

André

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Re: [tdf-discuss] RE: Proposal to join Apache OpenOffice

2011-06-05 Thread André Schnabel

Hi,


Am 04.06.2011 18:41, schrieb Ian Lynch:

On 4 June 2011 17:29, Gianluca Turconipub...@letturefantastiche.comwrote:

Is it sure there will be a *product*?


I think IBM need it for symphony so on those grounds alone I'd say there
will be code licensed so that it can be used in that product as a minimum.



Let me rephrase to: Will there be a product named OpenOffice.org?

I cannot answer, but as Gianluca mentioned Apache is more about a 
project, not a product.  And considering the OOo dependencies to 
copyleft components, it will be quite a lot of work to get something 
that can be called product and behaves like OpenOffice.org.


It is obvious that there will be a product called Symphony .. but 
OpenOffice.org?


regards,

André

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Re: [steering-discuss] Vendor string usage in third-party package of LibreOffice

2011-05-12 Thread André Schnabel

Hi,

Am 12.05.2011 15:29, schrieb Francois Tigeot:

...

So in your case, there might be confusion what the origin of the sofware
is - you are the vendor, but you are not TDF.

I'm starting to realize the vendor term should be defined: I'm only writing
packaging scripts, and many third-parties could use them to provide finished
binary packages.

The origin of the software, is clearly TDF: the source code is used as-is,
without any modification.
There may be some small platform-specific patches in the future but that's
all.


It's likely for me to fail giving a good vendor definition in English. 
Let's have a look at wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vendor_%28supply_chain%29

'Vendor' generally applies only to the immediate vendor, or the 
organization that is paid for the goods, rather than to the original 
manufacturer or the organization performing the service if it is 
different from the immediate supplier.


In this context you may see TDF as the original manufacturer (of the 
source code) while you are the immediate supplier (of the final 
package containing your modifications).






Therefore: It is absolutely ok to use the LibreOffice trademark, but
it is questionable to use The Document Foundation trademark.

Should I only use LibreOffice ? The wording on the about box would give
this :
   This product was created by LibreOffice, based on OpenOffice.org, which is
   Copyright 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates.

Which will be a bit weird...


Why not use something like NetBSD pkgsrc Team - this is more or less 
what the Linux distributions do. They use LibreOffice but a different 
vendor string, which proudly states that they did invest some effort to 
bring the packages to their users.




Not really: pkgsrc is a framework to manage and build packages. LibreOffice
is build in the same way as a regular developer would do it and the end
result is a binary package, like a .deb or .rpm

What I've been doing so far is:
- make a list of the source code distribution files, as well as where to get
them
- add checksums for these files
- define the dependencies needed to build and/or run LO (zip, cups, libxslt,
   etc...)
- define the packages it may conflict with such as staroffice
- specify some configuration options (disable opengl, use system libraries,
   etc...)
- tell pkgsrc to launch the build with autogen.sh and gmake

In a way, it's a machine readable specification of the build instructions
available on the developers web page.



Ok, this is beyond my expertise. If it was possible to include all what 
is neede in our build environment, so that anybody (any member of TDF) 
could do exactly what you do - I'd agree, you use The Document 
Foundation vendor string. This would of likely mean some work 
(integrating your modifications upstream, testing it, maybe making it 
generic ...). But by doing all this you would qualify as TDF member - 
and this would be agin for me be an indication to use The Document 
Foundation vendor string.


Anyway - at this point I'd like to see the input of other SC-members who 
have a better understanding what happens technically.


regards,

André

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Re: [steering-discuss] Suggested blog about MC work and philosophy

2011-04-24 Thread André Schnabel

Hi Cor,

Am 23.04.2011 23:57, schrieb Cor Nouws:


the next part is more about the process /merits on which members are 
accepted. Is it that you want to say that on the one hand not each 
contribution is a ground for membership and on the other hand the MC 
will look to all possible contributions when deciding on an application?


Hmm .. not exactly. It is more my point, that we have a list of 
contributions that establish merit. But there are possibly more ways to 
contribute (we cannot even name yet) and the MC will consider those ways 
as well.


Any better words for that?




 And this can be done in various ways. Our bylaws
list some ways to contribute, but this list is not totally fixed. The
Membership Committee will also value other ways to contribute (we
envision that there are many other ways that we even did not think of 
yet).


So - everyone is welcome to contribute and the official membership is
our way to acknowledge these contributions.



Regards,
Cor





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[steering-discuss] Draft for membership process announcement

2011-04-18 Thread André Schnabel

Hi,

overdue, but we are now able to start really soon. To kick of the 
membership process I wrote some brief message (hope it's well enough to 
be a start).


please review and comment.

@Florian / Christian: I guess, the form is already accessible for 
eveyone but not yet linked from the TDF website? Can you coordinat, that 
this will be linked, when we send the annuncement?


thanks and regards,

André


To be sent to
annou...@documentfoundation.org
libreoff...@lists.freedesktop.org
l...@libreoffice.org
webs...@libreoffice.org
documentat...@libreoffice.org
market...@libreoffice.org
des...@libreoffice.org

+ blogged at the official TDF blog

Subject: The Document Foundation is open for members

With the last months the community around LibreOffice and the Document 
Foundation worked hard to establish policies, processes, infrastructure 
and all the things you need to deliver a high quality software. One of 
our basic principles is that we will acknowledge this merit and allow 
all the contributors to become official members of our community. All 
members will have the right to run for a seat in the Foundation's board 
of directors, elect the board and drive the future of our projects.


From now on all of you can apply for membership via our webform [1] . 
The membership committee is eager to receive your applications.


Please help us to process your request quickly. Read and follow the 
form's introduction carefully, provide a good description of your 
contributions and list at least two contacts who can confirm your 
contributions.



The TDF Membership Committee,
Sophie Gautier,
Fridrich Strba,
André Schnabel,
Cor Nouws


Links:

application form:

http://www.documentfoundation.org/application-for-tdf-community-membership/

community bylaws:
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/CommunityBylaws
more about the Membership Committee:
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/Membership_Committee


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Re: [steering-discuss] Draft for membership process announcement

2011-04-18 Thread André Schnabel

Hi,

ok, I'll send it to the lists in ~1hr ... can someone please post it to 
the TDF blog (or send me quick instructions how to post there - I 
somehow lost it).


regards,

André

Am 18.04.2011 19:13, schrieb André Schnabel:



To be sent to
annou...@documentfoundation.org
libreoff...@lists.freedesktop.org
l...@libreoffice.org
webs...@libreoffice.org
documentat...@libreoffice.org
market...@libreoffice.org
des...@libreoffice.org

+ blogged at the official TDF blog

Subject: The Document Foundation is open for members

With the last months the community around LibreOffice and the Document 
Foundation worked hard to establish policies, processes, 
infrastructure and all the things you need to deliver a high quality 
software. One of our basic principles is that we will acknowledge this 
merit and allow all the contributors to become official members of our 
community. All members will have the right to run for a seat in the 
Foundation's board of directors, elect the board and drive the future 
of our projects.


From now on all of you can apply for membership via our webform [1] . 
The membership committee is eager to receive your applications.


Please help us to process your request quickly. Read and follow the 
form's introduction carefully, provide a good description of your 
contributions and list at least two contacts who can confirm your 
contributions.



The TDF Membership Committee,
Sophie Gautier,
Fridrich Strba,
André Schnabel,
Cor Nouws


Links:

application form:

http://www.documentfoundation.org/application-for-tdf-community-membership/

community bylaws:
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/CommunityBylaws
more about the Membership Committee:
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/Membership_Committee





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Re: [steering-discuss] libreoffice.org e-mail accounts

2011-01-15 Thread André Schnabel

Hi,

Am 14.01.2011 09:11, schrieb Florian Effenberger:
However, as we had lots of irritating issues with @openoffice.org 
e-mail addresses, I would like to avoid these mistakes. 


Well, the real problem at OOo with such adresses was, that anybody could 
register at the website and then could use an @ooo mail address.

So *anybody* could claim to have some connection to OOo.

It's evident that @documentfoundation.org accounts are only for those 
who work for/with TDF and are eligible to represent them in certain 
aspects, like the SC or administrators.


For LibreOffice, I'm a bit hesitant to hand out @libreoffice.org, as 
this may seem like people are acting on behalf of TDF, causing 
liability issues. Maybe I'm too touchy, so I'm happy for comments, 
which is why I am writing this mail. :-)


I don't see, that we will run into the same troubles as OOo. We have a 
defined membership process, people can only become members, if they did 
some work to further our projects and will continue to do so. So 
becoming a TDF member is a privilege, that needs to be earned.
Why should we not show, that we welcome our members by giving a 
libreoffice.org mail address? Besides the already mentioned fact, that 
longer domain names are ugly, I'd like to keep it stupid simple:
- TDF representatives (SC, ESC, BoD, MC ...) get documentfoundation.org 
mail aliasses

- approved members get libreoffice.org mail aliasses

regards,

André


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Re: [tdf-discuss] Discussing basic QA processes

2010-11-11 Thread André Schnabel

Hi,


I just realized, that Thorsten initiated a quite similar discussion at 
the developer list today:

http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libreoffice/2010-November/002441.html

so it might be good to join this discussion.

regards,

André

Am 11.11.2010 19:31, schrieb André Schnabel:

Hi,


Am 11.11.2010 18:34, schrieb Rainer Bielefeld:

I can take the same role as I used to do at OOo.


So if anybody is willing to help with this (establishing and later
work within these processes). we might build a small team and then
discuss the issue.


May be we open some Task-Issues at FreeDesktop Bugzilla how to 
improve the system? I am pretty sure that that will work if 
interested people (with permissions for (FreeDesktop Bugzilla) will 
watch that Issues. I will think about this issue and Initiate such 
Bugzilla improvement process during following weekend.


This would be great. I'm away at saturday and available from Sunday 
late afternoon on I'd guess, but I hope, I can help somehow as well.


I know, that Sophie and thorsten might be interested in this topic as 
well (and I really hope, others would join).


thanks and regards,

André




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Re: [tdf-discuss] LibO document format: strict ODF or extended ODF?

2010-10-31 Thread André Schnabel

Hi,

Am 31.10.2010 11:40, schrieb Gianluca Turconi:


my question is rather simple: will LibO use in the future versions 
(post 3.3) a ODF strict format or an extended one?


We are going to do the same as OOo did. Default would be ODF 1.2 
extendend (to allow e.g. comments in Impress, additional slide 
transitions, more border styles ...) but ODF 1.2 (strict) by be enabled 
in the Options dialogue. Extendend features will the either be not 
available or converted to match de strict standard.


At the same time people here will work with ODF to make those extended 
features part of the next ODF standard (an befor this can happen, you 
need an implementation of the new features anyway ;) ).


Regards,

André

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Re: [tdf-discuss] [SC] How to define Membership within TDF?

2010-10-19 Thread André Schnabel

Hi,


Am 19.10.2010 20:10, schrieb Marc Paré:



Hierarchy:


We need to talk about Hirachy for sure but ...




The Document Foundation is the umbrella group where all projects answer
to it. Presently, under this umbrella, there is only 1 project:
LibreOffice. There is however, the potential for further project
development that could be added later under TDF umbrella.

The LibreOffice project is a project under the TDF umbrella and will
provide 2-3 representatives (either by meritocracy or community vote)
who sit on the SC in an advisory capacity. This clearly defines the
membership of the LibO project.


this just moves the problem from defining a TDF-member to the problem 
of defining a LibO-project-member.


regards,

André

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Re: [tdf-discuss] [SC] Meeting minutes at the wiki

2010-10-18 Thread André Schnabel

Hi,


Am 18.10.2010 19:13, schrieb Marc Paré:


as the planet is actually in place - you suggest to blog the minutes in
parallel? .. well .. I think, we can do this.




Are you thinking of posting to different sites?


No minutes should stay at the wiki, but we can announce the availabity 
through several ressources.



I would prefer if the
minutes were posted only on one site. People will get used to going to
that particular site. I also would prefer to see it on the planet. It
just seems like the most logical place.


Yes - sounds logical. But I feel we would need some kind of secretary 
post all this stuff and keep people informed (I know, Michael Meeks will 
hate me for this :) ).


Anyway - I'll look, if we can/should have a Steering Committee blog for 
all SC members (would be confusing, if SC-minutes are posted at 
different blogs, even if they are all visible at the palanet - imho).


André

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Re: [tdf-discuss] [SC] Steering Committee Info at the wiki

2010-10-13 Thread André Schnabel

Hi,


Am 13.10.2010 17:31, schrieb Benjamin Horst:


I have found that you can hack most any tool to work, more or less,
but you'll be more efficient and effective if you plan it out better
first! :)


Oh - u fully agree on this, but ..



When trying to attract new community members, any little impediment
can affect their willingness to join and participate. And regular,
tiny frustrations can sometimes tire out even the most stalwart
contributors.


Frustration often comes from being faced with to many restrictions. ;)

So - we need somehow both.

Regards,

André

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Re: [tdf-discuss] [SC] Steering Committee Info at the wiki

2010-10-13 Thread André Schnabel

Hi,


Am 13.10.2010 18:32, schrieb Peter Tholstrup:


As I'm brand new here (merit-score = zero :), I apologize if the
following is either misunderstood or not relevant:

The way I see it, formally approved documents are static, and once
approved should not be edited by anybody - Steering Committee members or
not.


Correct.


Therefore I do not think it is appropriate from a governance
perspective to have direct and potentially ambiguous 'copies' of formal
documents as wiki pages. Could it be worth considering that significant
formal documents like the manifesto would have their own wiki pages with
a backround/brief description, maybe even extracts, and then a link to
the 'real' document in a non-editable format (pdf or whatever will make
it most easily accessible)?


This is what actually happened - we have the manifesto as pdf at our 
website. In fact formal approved documents should go to the tdf website, 
not to the wiki.

For today it was just easier for me to access the wiki.


 Another wiki page could then be a Steering
Committee 'log' page, which gives a quick overview of the continuous
work of the committee with links to more in-depth wiki pages as well as
formal documents...


Absolutely agree (but formal documents should not stay forever at the 
wiki and rather be moved to the website).


This was just the first start. We need to have minutes, some backround 
info on SC ... at the wiki.


regards,

André


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Re: [tdf-discuss] Question on Libo apps names

2010-10-10 Thread André Schnabel

Hi,


Am 10.10.2010 09:51, schrieb Valter Mura:

Hi All,

maybe it is a stupid question or someone already raised it.

Will the names of the single apps inside LibreOffice be the same?


Why should we change the names? No -there are currently no plans to do so.

André

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Re: [tdf-discuss] QA Infrastructure

2010-10-07 Thread André Schnabel

Hi Thorsten, *

Am 07.10.2010 10:25, schrieb Thorsten Behrens:



I'd prefer if we do the 3.3 release in a somewhat lightweight
fashion, and add tools as we go (and decide that we need them) - I
know that the OpenOffice.org QA project has things like QATrack,
QUASTe, and TCM - but I wonder which of those pass the test of we
really need it, and it's worth the effort to duplicate it/set it
up.

What do you think?


I think, we are quite good prepared for the start. What is missing are 
some tools to collect if someone did test something at all. We might use 
Wiki or mailinglist for this.


For all the tools (I'd say, we need something like TCM, QUASTE to 
collect automated tests results and maybe QATrack), we should make sure 
that we keep them simple so that many people are able to work with the 
tools (there are many low hanging fruits for testers we should not make 
it complicated). That said - tehre is unfortunately nothing ready to 
use afaik.


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Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: [tdf-discuss] [WEB] interim structuring - a proposal

2010-10-03 Thread André Schnabel

Hi,


Am 03.10.2010 00:21, schrieb Dr. Bernhard Dippold:


There are some threads about bugs here on the list, and as long as
there is no bugzilla enabled with an easy frontend, I think we'll see
more of them here.



Oh, Bugzilla *is* enabled:
   https://bugs.freedesktop.org
Product: LibreOffice

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Re: [tdf-discuss] [Legalese] Foundation or Group?

2010-10-02 Thread André Schnabel

Hi Drew, Doug,


Am 02.10.2010 06:32, schrieb Drew Jensen:



Agreed - and to put it simply, then let's start the process of starting
such an organization.



You are welcome, and I think, there is real need for an organization in US.

But (just advice from someone who is co-founder of two such 
organizations) - find the people to support your idea first.
So look for community, talk with the people, get an idea how all of you 
want the ngo to be established and then simply do ;)


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Re: [tdf-discuss] User participation - bugtracking

2010-10-02 Thread André Schnabel

Hi,


Am 02.10.2010 22:07, schrieb Friedrich Strohmaier:



I heavily support this idea. I also saw different bugtracking systems.
None of them can serve users, because all are developer tools to manage
bugs and enhancement requests in a effective way. Thus each of them has
to represent the complexity of that task. There always will be needed
human filtering to avoid messed up bugtracking systems and
developers. No problem with an enthusiastic Community ;o)).


So I read this correctly and you volunteer as bug-filter? :)


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[tdf-discuss] Looking for OHLO-manager

2010-10-01 Thread André Schnabel

Hi,

Cédric did kindly set up LibreOffice enlistments at ohloh yesterday:
https://www.ohloh.net/p/libreoffice

Curretly I registered as manager just to block other people from taking 
it over. But I'd be happy if someone would join me as manger who has 
more insight on the repositories.


btw: I'd be happy for registered users and contributors telling who they 
are as well ;)


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