Re: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-02-08 Thread RA Stehmann
Am 07.02.2013 22:10, schrieb Pavel Janík: In my opinion the problem is not only the problem with the trade mark (or the simple program-name) but also a public relations problem. I do not know the team of Feodora, but I know many people of LO / TDF and, let me be clear, _some_ (_not_ all)

Re: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-02-08 Thread David Gerard
On 8 February 2013 08:45, RA Stehmann anw...@rechtsanwalt-stehmann.de wrote: It's not only Fedora, but also other GNU/Linux distributions using such transitional packages. It's a common way supporting users to update their system. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_use - d.

Re: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-02-08 Thread Jörg Schmidt
Hello, It's not only Fedora, but also other GNU/Linux distributions using such transitional packages. It's a common way supporting users to update their system. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_use Mmh ... I read that, but what is your opinion? Did you mean that the

Re: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-02-08 Thread RA Stehmann
Am 08.02.2013 10:57, schrieb Jörg Schmidt: Hello, It's not only Fedora, but also other GNU/Linux distributions using such transitional packages. It's a common way supporting users to update their system. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_use Mmh ... I read that, but what

Re: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-02-08 Thread Jörg Schmidt
Hello Michael, IMO it's not the best way trying to make Apache OpenOffice part of GNU/Linuy distributions again to blame them. Please can I have this sentence in german? I've been thinking now 5 minutes, but I'm not sure what you mean _exactly_. Greetings, Jörg

Re: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-02-08 Thread Rob Weir
On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 3:48 AM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 8 February 2013 08:45, RA Stehmann anw...@rechtsanwalt-stehmann.de wrote: It's not only Fedora, but also other GNU/Linux distributions using such transitional packages. It's a common way supporting users to update their

Re: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-02-08 Thread RA Stehmann
Am 08.02.2013 11:34, schrieb Jörg Schmidt: Hello Michael, IMO it's not the best way trying to make Apache OpenOffice part of GNU/Linuy distributions again to blame them. Please can I have this sentence in german? I've been thinking now 5 minutes, but I'm not sure what you mean

Re: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-02-08 Thread David Gerard
On 8 February 2013 11:55, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 3:48 AM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 8 February 2013 08:45, RA Stehmann anw...@rechtsanwalt-stehmann.de wrote: It's not only Fedora, but also other GNU/Linux distributions using such

Re: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-02-08 Thread Rob Weir
On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 8:46 AM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 8 February 2013 11:55, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 3:48 AM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 8 February 2013 08:45, RA Stehmann anw...@rechtsanwalt-stehmann.de wrote: It's not only

Re: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-02-08 Thread Jörg Schmidt
Hello Michael, Bitte schön: Meines Erachtens nach ist es nicht der beste Weg, Apache OpenOffice wieder in die GNU/Linux-Distributionen hineinzubekommen (sie wieder zu einem Teil der GNU/Linux-Distributionen zu machen), diesen Vorwürfe zu machen. Ich mache den Linux-Distributoren (oder

Re: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-02-07 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Rob Weir wrote: But I would have trademark concerns if a statement like this installed anything but OpenOffice: sudo yum install openoffice.org It doesn't. But indeed the openoffice.org alias has been discussed and I hope we can get it reassigned or dropped without invoking trademarks.

Re: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-02-07 Thread Jürgen Schmidt
On 2/7/13 8:59 AM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: Rob Weir wrote: But I would have trademark concerns if a statement like this installed anything but OpenOffice: sudo yum install openoffice.org It doesn't. But indeed the openoffice.org alias has been discussed and I hope we can get it reassigned

Re: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-02-07 Thread Damjan Jovanovic
On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 12:19 AM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Marcus (OOo) marcus.m...@wtnet.de wrote: Am 02/06/2013 09:13 PM, schrieb Andrea Pescetti: On 31/01/2013 Andrea Pescetti wrote: It got more coverage than needed, probably. It is just a proposal

Re: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-02-07 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Jürgen Schmidt wrote: We should argue that the aliases came from OpenOffice and that they were hijacked if you want by LibreOffice. Fedora won't reassign aliases unless a default program is replaced (i.e., unless OpenOffice becomes a default program, which it won't in F19). Anyway the

Re: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-02-07 Thread Rob Weir
On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 3:13 AM, Jürgen Schmidt jogischm...@gmail.com wrote: On 2/7/13 8:59 AM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: Rob Weir wrote: But I would have trademark concerns if a statement like this installed anything but OpenOffice: sudo yum install openoffice.org It doesn't. But indeed the

Re: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-02-07 Thread janI
On 7 February 2013 13:20, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 3:13 AM, Jürgen Schmidt jogischm...@gmail.com wrote: On 2/7/13 8:59 AM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: Rob Weir wrote: But I would have trademark concerns if a statement like this installed anything but

Re: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-02-07 Thread Rob Weir
On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 7:26 AM, janI j...@apache.org wrote: On 7 February 2013 13:20, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 3:13 AM, Jürgen Schmidt jogischm...@gmail.com wrote: On 2/7/13 8:59 AM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: Rob Weir wrote: But I would have trademark

Re: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-02-07 Thread janI
On 7 February 2013 13:46, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 7:26 AM, janI j...@apache.org wrote: On 7 February 2013 13:20, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 3:13 AM, Jürgen Schmidt jogischm...@gmail.com wrote: On 2/7/13 8:59 AM, Andrea

Re: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-02-07 Thread RA Stehmann
Am 07.02.2013 13:26, schrieb janI: If it is so classic, then for sure the ASF laywers could inform Fedora about the problem, and ask them to correct it, independently of whether or not AOO is distribtuted. I assume that since they are the distributors they need to make sure that their

Re: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-02-07 Thread Kay Schenk
On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 4:20 AM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 3:13 AM, Jürgen Schmidt jogischm...@gmail.com wrote: On 2/7/13 8:59 AM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: Rob Weir wrote: But I would have trademark concerns if a statement like this installed anything but

Re: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-02-07 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 5:13 AM, Jürgen Schmidt jogischm...@gmail.comwrote: We should argue that the aliases came from OpenOffice and that they were hijacked if you want by LibreOffice. They even used the package name in the past to install LibreOffice and not OpenOffice. We tolerated it

Re: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-02-07 Thread Ariel Constenla-Haile
On Wed, Feb 06, 2013 at 09:13:18PM +0100, Andrea Pescetti wrote: Fedora will branch for Alpha on 2 Apr 2013: we must have something decently packaged by that time. At FOSDEM I met the Fedora people together with Herbert and Andre, so we already have some knowledge of the process. More

Re: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-02-07 Thread Jörg Schmidt
From: Rob Weir [mailto:robw...@apache.org] It comes down to user confusion. We've already seen users confused by this, where they think they are installing OpenOffice and instead get something else. This is classic trademark infringement. You can't offer bottles of Coca-Cola for to

Re: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-02-07 Thread Pavel Janík
In my opinion the problem is not only the problem with the trade mark (or the simple program-name) but also a public relations problem. I do not know the team of Feodora, but I know many people of LO / TDF and, let me be clear, _some_ (_not_ all) consider it well to cultivate a public

Re: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-02-07 Thread Jörg Schmidt
Hello, From: Pavel Janík [mailto:pa...@janik.cz] Is it LO who is infringing on our trademark or is it Fedora who is misusing our trademark for other project? I'm not sure how to understand this question. Please understand that I am not a developer and I do not understand the technical

Re: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-02-07 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Pavel Janík wrote: Is it LO who is infringing on our trademark or is it Fedora who is misusing our trademark for other project? Shouldn't we notify Fedora people politely about this situation and let them (and help them!) solve the issue first? This part of the thread is derailing a bit

Re: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-02-07 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote: On Wed, Feb 06, 2013 at 09:13:18PM +0100, Andrea Pescetti wrote: Fedora will branch for Alpha on 2 Apr 2013: we must have something decently packaged by that time. At FOSDEM I met the Fedora people together with Herbert and Andre, so we already have some knowledge

Re: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-02-07 Thread Kay Schenk
On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Andrea Pescetti pesce...@apache.org wrote: Pavel Janík wrote: Is it LO who is infringing on our trademark or is it Fedora who is misusing our trademark for other project? Shouldn't we notify Fedora people politely about this situation and let them (and help

Re: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-02-06 Thread Andrea Pescetti
On 31/01/2013 Andrea Pescetti wrote: It got more coverage than needed, probably. It is just a proposal at this stage, like dozens of other proposals. It is starting to become something a little bit more official now. Minutes ago, the FESCo meeting (Fedora Engineering Steering Committee)

Re: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-02-06 Thread Marcus (OOo)
Am 02/06/2013 09:13 PM, schrieb Andrea Pescetti: On 31/01/2013 Andrea Pescetti wrote: It got more coverage than needed, probably. It is just a proposal at this stage, like dozens of other proposals. It is starting to become something a little bit more official now. Minutes ago, the FESCo

Re: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-02-06 Thread Rob Weir
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Marcus (OOo) marcus.m...@wtnet.de wrote: Am 02/06/2013 09:13 PM, schrieb Andrea Pescetti: On 31/01/2013 Andrea Pescetti wrote: It got more coverage than needed, probably. It is just a proposal at this stage, like dozens of other proposals. It is starting to

Re: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-01-31 Thread Hagar Delest
Le 31/01/2013 00:10, Rob Weir a écrit : This is a great step, Andrea. Apache OpenOffice has many Linux users. We see this in the download numbers. But today the install experience is, like many things in Linux, more complicated than the average immigrant from Windows-land is accustomed to.

Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-01-30 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Right on the deadline to propose new features for Fedora 19 (it wasn't planned) I submitted Apache OpenOffice as a proposed new feature: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/ApacheOpenOffice You can see this as a first step in getting back into the major Linux distributions. Timing aside,

Re: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-01-30 Thread Pedro Giffuni
Hello; - Messaggio originale - Da: David Gerard ... A question I was wondering (for the Wikipedia article): is there any Linux distribution that presently carries AOO in its repos? I understand it's in the FreeBSD ports tree

Re: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-01-30 Thread Albino Biasutti Neto
Hi 2013/1/30 Andrea Pescetti pesce...@apache.org: Right on the deadline to propose new features for Fedora 19 (it wasn't planned) I submitted Apache OpenOffice as a proposed new feature: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/ApacheOpenOffice I am currently a user of Fedora. Has a good

Re: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-01-30 Thread RGB ES
2013/1/30 Andrea Pescetti pesce...@apache.org Right on the deadline to propose new features for Fedora 19 (it wasn't planned) I submitted Apache OpenOffice as a proposed new feature:

Re: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-01-30 Thread TJ Frazier
On 1/30/2013 16:54, RGB ES wrote: 2013/1/30 Andrea Pescetti pesce...@apache.org Right on the deadline to propose new features for Fedora 19 (it wasn't planned) I submitted Apache OpenOffice as a proposed new feature:

Re: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-01-30 Thread Rob Weir
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 10:12 AM, Andrea Pescetti pesce...@apache.org wrote: Right on the deadline to propose new features for Fedora 19 (it wasn't planned) I submitted Apache OpenOffice as a proposed new feature: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/ApacheOpenOffice You can see this as a

Re: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-01-30 Thread David Gerard
On 30 January 2013 23:10, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: This is a great step, Andrea. Apache OpenOffice has many Linux users. We see this in the download numbers. But today the install experience is, like many things in Linux, more complicated than the average immigrant from

Re: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-01-30 Thread Kay Schenk
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 7:12 AM, Andrea Pescetti pesce...@apache.orgwrote: Right on the deadline to propose new features for Fedora 19 (it wasn't planned) I submitted Apache OpenOffice as a proposed new feature:

Re: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora 19?

2013-01-30 Thread Andrea Pescetti
TJ Frazier wrote: On 1/30/2013 16:54, RGB ES wrote: Good! The proposal was noticed by Phoronix too :) http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_itempx=MTI4ODI It got more coverage than needed, probably. It is just a proposal at this stage, like dozens of other proposals. Note that the