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 hope

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 don't

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 sna...@gmail.com wrote: Kohei: That's the wrong assumption I was trying to point out.

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, but

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. That's

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 assumption I

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

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

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 and the

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

2011-02-16 Thread Christian Lohmaier
Hi Christophe, On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Christophe Strobbe christophe.stro...@esat.kuleuven.be 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

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 christophe.stro...@esat.kuleuven.be 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

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 sign