Re: ABC2 Television Series: 8MMM - Open Office usage query
On 19/04/2014 Alan B wrote: For future reference is trademark the only element that would require authorization in a situation where there is a public display and/or the product is altered? The license is of course what matters. But indeed most cases are already covered in these user-friendly information pages: http://www.apache.org/foundation/license-faq.html#WhatDoesItMEAN http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/faq/ and trademarks are the most complex issues, so we collect some extra information at https://openoffice.apache.org/trademarks.html and we give indications on that page on how to get proper advice/authorization. Regards, Andrea. --- List Conduct Guidelines: http://openoffice.apache.org/list-conduct.html To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: ABC2 Television Series: 8MMM - Open Office usage query
On 11/04/2014 Alan B wrote: On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 8:38 PM, Miranda Skerman wrote: My name is Miranda Skerman and I am working on an ABC2 comedy series about an Aboriginal radio station called 8MMM, which is being filmed in Alice Springs. We would love to download Open Office to use in our radio station offices - just to have something happening on the computer screen in there. Could you please advise me if any permissions are needed to have Open Office on display? It would mostly be incidental/background but there may be instances where an actor interacts with the computer a little. Short answer is Yes you can, to all your questions. Perhaps most significantly compared to commercially licensed products, given the stated desire to alter it, you're free to do that as well. Hello Miranda, thank you for considering OpenOffice... and Alan is mostly correct. However, situations like this one, where our products are displayed in a TV series, often imply a discussion about trademarks. OpenOffice can grant you a specific permission (for free). You can read more at http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/faq/ and to request a permission you should contact the Project Management Committee at priv...@openoffice.apache.org ; it will be enough that you forward your original e-mail, no paperwork required. http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html Section 6 protects our trademarks. This is important for us in a number of situations, especially to protect users when we detect fraudulent activity. Regards, Andrea. --- List Conduct Guidelines: http://openoffice.apache.org/list-conduct.html To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: ABC2 Television Series: 8MMM - Open Office usage query
On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 9:13 AM, Andrea Pescetti pesce...@apache.orgwrote: On 11/04/2014 Alan B wrote: On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 8:38 PM, Miranda Skerman wrote: My name is Miranda Skerman and I am working on an ABC2 comedy series about an Aboriginal radio station called 8MMM, which is being filmed in Alice Springs. We would love to download Open Office to use in our radio station offices - just to have something happening on the computer screen in there. Could you please advise me if any permissions are needed to have Open Office on display? It would mostly be incidental/background but there may be instances where an actor interacts with the computer a little. Short answer is Yes you can, to all your questions. Perhaps most significantly compared to commercially licensed products, given the stated desire to alter it, you're free to do that as well. Hello Miranda, thank you for considering OpenOffice... and Alan is mostly correct. However, situations like this one, where our products are displayed in a TV series, often imply a discussion about trademarks. Thanks for adding this bit Andrea. Glad I did point her at the license and suggest her attorneys should take a look. For future reference is trademark the only element that would require authorization in a situation where there is a public display and/or the product is altered?
Re: ABC2 Television Series: 8MMM - Open Office usage query
On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 8:38 PM, Miranda Skerman mjsker...@hotmail.comwrote: Hi there My name is Miranda Skerman and I am working on an ABC2 comedy series about an Aboriginal radio station called 8MMM, which is being filmed in Alice Springs. We would love to download Open Office to use in our radio station offices - just to have something happening on the computer screen in there. Could you please advise me if any permissions are needed to have Open Office on display? It would mostly be incidental/background but there may be instances where an actor interacts with the computer a little. Hello Miranda, Short answer is Yes you can, to all your questions. Perhaps most significantly compared to commercially licensed products, given the stated desire to alter it, you're free to do that as well. More information, and the product itself, can be had here... https://www.openoffice.org/ Long answer is have the lawyers review the license, found here, so they'll say yes too. http://www.openoffice.org/license.html http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
ABC2 Television Series: 8MMM - Open Office usage query
Hi there My name is Miranda Skerman and I am working on an ABC2 comedy series about an Aboriginal radio station called 8MMM, which is being filmed in Alice Springs. We would love to download Open Office to use in our radio station offices - just to have something happening on the computer screen in there. Could you please advise me if any permissions are needed to have Open Office on display? It would mostly be incidental/background but there may be instances where an actor interacts with the computer a little. Also, I haven't downloaded it yet so I don't know what we would do exactly, but can we modify it at all and still display it? Does that need permission? Thanks so much for your assistance, I really appreciate it. Kind regards Miranda SkermanArt Director8MMM0438 650 690 INFORMATION SHEET8MMM ABORIGINAL RADIO 8MMM is a 6 x 30 minute comedy series for ABC2 television. 8MMM is the first Aboriginal written and directed comedy series. Writers are Trisha Morton- Thomas from Alice Springs and Danielle MacLean from Darwin. Directors are Dena Curtis from Tennant Creek and Adrian Wills from Singleton, NSW. Brindle Films is an Alice Springs based production company, comprising of producers Rachel Clements (ex CAAMA Executive Producer) and Trisha Morton-Thomas (ex Senior Commissioning Editor, NITV). Anna Cadden (ex PAW Media) is also on the producing team. Synopsis8MMM is radio made for Aboriginal people, by Aboriginal people… and those who’ve come to save the Aboriginal people: the dreaded triple M’s. Alice Springs-based Aboriginal radio station 8MMM has been infiltrated by the dreaded triple M’s of Central Australia – well-meaning whitefellas who fit the mould of missionaries, mercenaries or misfits. They will save your soul, steal your assets and your culture, and you won't notice until after you've stopped laughing at them. At 8MMM, blackfellas and whitefellas must work together to make the station a success. With limited funding and facing social and political hurdles at every corner, 8MMM’s motley crew of media workers struggle with misunderstandings and ignorance. And that’s just within the building. Saving Aboriginal people from themselves is hard work and closing the gap has never been funnier. Filming DatesFilming in and around Alice Springs from 28th April to 6th June, 2014.
