[steering-discuss] Leave of absence July 9th - July 24rd

2011-07-08 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi there, I'll be on a two-weeks vacation trip starting tomorrow, so expect no, or delayed answers from me during that time. Have a good time :-) -- - Cor - http://nl.libreoffice.org -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to steering-discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines +

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

2011-07-08 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 06/07/11 11:48, Tom Davies a écrit : Everyone : To me, the point has more to do with SC communication. Once again, a topic has raised its head that I considered dealt with, and now it is back on the table. Although not a member of the SC, the question of the legality of screenshot usage and

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

2011-07-08 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It is a complex area of Law in most countries. It might be even more than 1 area since we might be dealing with intellectual property rights, other copyright issues, patents contracts. We can easily avoid the whole legal mess by avoiding Windows and Apple screen-shots. We can just

[steering-discuss] next SC call tomorrow

2011-07-08 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, this is just a quick reminder that the next SC call is tomorrow, Saturday at 1400 UTC As main topic I'd like to work on the foundation status, so let's reserve some time for this. Florian -- Florian Effenberger flo...@documentfoundation.org Steering Committee and Founding

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

2011-07-08 Thread David Nelson
Hi Tom, *, @Tom: thank you very much for your kind words and your moral support and practical help regarding Alfresco. However, usage of Alfresco is really a bit off-topic for bringing to the attention of the SC. Alfresco usage/non-usage is more a question of natural, Darwinian

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

2011-07-08 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) In the MS vs TomTom case significant 'damages' were awarded to MS because TomTom were using a file-system that could be read by Windows http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_v._TomTom http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Microsoft_v._TomTom_%282008,_USA%29 TomTom 'should' have been paying MS for the

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

2011-07-08 Thread Simon Phipps
On 8 Jul 2011, at 13:09, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Except screen-shots in Windows can't have any useful arrows or circles to point out the exact thing being talked about in the documentation. Only screenshots of /Microsoft/ products. They can't even be cropped to show off particular

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

2011-07-08 Thread Norbert Thiebaud
On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 7:19 AM, Simon Phipps si...@webmink.com wrote: On 8 Jul 2011, at 13:09, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Except screen-shots in Windows can't have any useful arrows or circles to point out the exact thing being talked about in the documentation. Only screenshots of