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

2011-06-05 Thread Olav Dahlum
Ok, information overflow. I know we're early in the stage, but I'm a bit unsure about what I should tell people. I see a lot of possibilities with ASF on board and as the web expertise is strong in that camp, also the realisation of some dreams. I dunno too much about ASF licensing, but how

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

2011-06-05 Thread Simon Phipps
On 5 Jun 2011, at 00:32, Sam Ruby wrote: On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 7:03 PM, Christian Lohmaier lohmaier+ooofut...@googlemail.com wrote: As far as I know, there is only the intent of Oracle to donate it unter the Apache License, but no clear statement has been made as to what exact sourcecode

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

2011-06-04 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2011-06-04 17:29, Christian Lohmaier a écrit : Hi *, On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 8:06 PM, Sam Rubyru...@apache.org wrote: On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Ian Lynchianrly...@gmail.com wrote: I should think there is probably broader commercial or legal reason for Oracle to hold on to the

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

2011-06-04 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
To: discuss@documentfoundation.org Subject: [tdf-discuss] Re: RE : Re: RE: Proposal to join Apache OpenOffice Le 2011-06-04 17:29, Christian Lohmaier a écrit : Hi *, On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 8:06 PM, Sam Rubyru...@apache.org wrote: On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Ian Lynchianrly...@gmail.com wrote

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

2011-06-04 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Sat, Jun 04, 2011 at 06:19:31PM -0400, Marc Paré wrote: Le 2011-06-04 17:29, Christian Lohmaier a écrit : I second that. the TDF would have been more than pleased if Oracle would have re-licensed the code under LGPL+MPL combination (+apache and whatever). Copyright ownership is not required

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

2011-06-04 Thread Christian Lohmaier
Hi Marvin, *, On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 12:26 AM, Marvin Humphrey mar...@rectangular.com wrote: The Apache Foundation releases software only under the Apache License 2.0. Other entities may take ASF-released code and bundle it in products licensed under less permissive terms, including

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

2011-06-04 Thread Christian Lohmaier
Hi Dennis, *; (sorry to you for mailing twice, I did mean to send it to the list, and not as pm only) On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 1:26 AM, Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.org wrote: Since the third-party stuff is already integrated into LibreOffice, it doesn't matter whether it passes

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

2011-06-04 Thread Sam Ruby
On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 7:03 PM, Christian Lohmaier lohmaier+ooofut...@googlemail.com wrote: As far as I know, there is only the intent of Oracle to donate it unter the Apache License, but no clear statement has been made as to what exact sourcecode this will cover. The ASF has a signed

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

2011-06-04 Thread Christian Lohmaier
Hi Sam, *, On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 1:32 AM, Sam Ruby ru...@apache.org wrote: On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 7:03 PM, Christian Lohmaier lohmaier+ooofut...@googlemail.com wrote: [...] It's not even clear whether it will be the current codebase or some older version IBM is basing their version on. It