Re: [tdf-discuss] Oracle Contributor Agreement and LibreOffice contributions

2011-02-24 Thread Jaime R. Garza
I think it's inevitable that more and more differences of opinion will arise, so I also believe LO should start their own independent path. Just my 2c, ;-) Jaime On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 16:51, Phil Hibbs wrote: > Kohei: > > That's the wrong assumption I was trying to point out. It's not alway

Re: [tdf-discuss] Oracle Contributor Agreement and LibreOffice contributions

2011-02-24 Thread Kohei Yoshida
On Thu, 2011-02-24 at 15:51 +, Phil Hibbs wrote: > Kohei: > > That's the wrong assumption I was trying to point out. It's not always > > applied as-is, and in fact it's rare that patches be accepted as is. > > Even we don't do that too often. > > Nonetheless, saying "it's better for us if you

Re: [tdf-discuss] Oracle Contributor Agreement and LibreOffice contributions

2011-02-24 Thread Phil Hibbs
Kohei: > That's the wrong assumption I was trying to point out. It's not always > applied as-is, and in fact it's rare that patches be accepted as is. > Even we don't do that too often. Nonetheless, saying "it's better for us if you don't submit your patches to OOo" is kind of like saying "Lets h

Re: [tdf-discuss] Oracle Contributor Agreement and LibreOffice contributions

2011-02-18 Thread Kohei Yoshida
Plus, On Fri, 2011-02-18 at 09:26 -0500, Kohei Yoshida wrote: > > more work", given that this is going to happen anyway, and submitting > > the bug fix to both projects will simplify things where OOo accept the > > patch more or less as-is. That's the wrong assumptio

Re: [tdf-discuss] Oracle Contributor Agreement and LibreOffice contributions

2011-02-18 Thread Kohei Yoshida
On Fri, 2011-02-18 at 13:48 +, Phil Hibbs wrote: > Kohei Yoshida: > > So, as Michael says, I'm not a big fan of people submitting patches to > > both projects. And yes, it will create extra work for us but not > > necessarily for them since we pull their changes but they don't pull > > ours. >

Re: [tdf-discuss] Oracle Contributor Agreement and LibreOffice contributions

2011-02-18 Thread Phil Hibbs
Kohei Yoshida: > So, as Michael says, I'm not a big fan of people submitting patches to > both projects. And yes, it will create extra work for us but not > necessarily for them since we pull their changes but they don't pull > ours. That's kind of like saying, "lets keep working on our project,

Re: [tdf-discuss] Oracle Contributor Agreement and LibreOffice contributions

2011-02-17 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Kohei, Kohei Yoshida wrote (18-02-11 02:07) On Thu, 2011-02-17 at 23:44 +0100, Cor Nouws wrote: Reading Christophes question though, I see the route that people contribute code both to LibreOffice and OpenOffice.org. It is right that this (which indeed is perfect possible) will give extra

Re: [tdf-discuss] Oracle Contributor Agreement and LibreOffice contributions

2011-02-17 Thread Kohei Yoshida
On Thu, 2011-02-17 at 23:44 +0100, Cor Nouws wrote: > Hi Michael, *, > > Michael Meeks wrote (16-02-11 18:36) > > This question prolly belongs best on the dev list. > > > > On Wed, 2011-02-16 at 15:28 +0100, Christophe Strobbe wrote: > >> 1. Now imagine that I contribute code to LibreOffice an

Re: [tdf-discuss] Oracle Contributor Agreement and LibreOffice contributions

2011-02-17 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi, Christophe Strobbe wrote (16-02-11 15:28) I have a question about licences and copyright. [...] These are important questions for developers who don't want to take sides for or against OpenOffice.org or LibreOffice. If this has already been clarified in a wiki somewhere, please let me know.

Re: [tdf-discuss] Oracle Contributor Agreement and LibreOffice contributions

2011-02-17 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Michael, *, Michael Meeks wrote (16-02-11 18:36) This question prolly belongs best on the dev list. On Wed, 2011-02-16 at 15:28 +0100, Christophe Strobbe wrote: 1. Now imagine that I contribute code to LibreOffice and the contribution is accepted. Is it then still acceptable (from a

Re: [tdf-discuss] Oracle Contributor Agreement and LibreOffice contributions

2011-02-16 Thread Michael Meeks
Hi Christophe, This question prolly belongs best on the dev list. On Wed, 2011-02-16 at 15:28 +0100, Christophe Strobbe wrote: > 1. Now imagine that I contribute code to LibreOffice and the > contribution is accepted. Is it then still acceptable (from a > copyright point of view) to sig

Re: [tdf-discuss] Oracle Contributor Agreement and LibreOffice contributions

2011-02-16 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Hello Christophe, Le Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:28:43 +0100, Christophe Strobbe a écrit : > Hi, > > I have a question about licences and copyright. As many of you know, > contributing code to the core of OpenOffice.org requires that one > signs the Oracle Contributor Agreement [1] (which is identic

Re: [tdf-discuss] Oracle Contributor Agreement and LibreOffice contributions

2011-02-16 Thread Christian Lohmaier
Hi Christophe, On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Christophe Strobbe wrote: > > 1. Now imagine that I contribute code to LibreOffice and the contribution is > accepted. Is it then still acceptable (from a copyright point of view) to > sign the Oracle Contributor Agreement and submit the same code t

[tdf-discuss] Oracle Contributor Agreement and LibreOffice contributions

2011-02-16 Thread Christophe Strobbe
Hi, I have a question about licences and copyright. As many of you know, contributing code to the core of OpenOffice.org requires that one signs the Oracle Contributor Agreement [1] (which is identical to the Sun Contributor Agreement). Extensions are exempt from this [2]. 1. Now imagine tha