AOO does not allow CC licensed material. That’s a major part of the problem
of reuse. However, the body of documentation is also licensed under GPL,
which is sort-of allowed, with restrictions.
Jean
On Fri, 22 Jan 2021 at 15:52 F Campos Costero wrote:
> Hello Robert,
>
> Thank you very much
Hello Robert,
Thank you very much for volunteering! I'll keep this message very brief
because I am at the end of a long work day and not feeling very coherent.
Regarding your question, it is probably best to consider what the likely
situation will be rather than all possible licensing scenarios.
Hi all,
I’m a technical writer who has worked on documentation for medical devices and
software. I have been using OpenOffice for several years for other projects,
and have always appreciated the open source nature of the software.
I have never worked on a project where documentation is
I want to write a simple letter.
Sent from Mail for Windows 10
On 2/2/2018 5:36 PM, Chris Johnson wrote:
> Hi listmembers!
> Please allow me to introduce myself...my name is Chris Johnson and I'm a
> tech writer with over 10 years of experience. (I also have a decent amount
> of QA experience.) I've been out of the TW field since 2011 but
> am currently
Hi listmembers!
Please allow me to introduce myself...my name is Chris Johnson and I'm a
tech writer with over 10 years of experience. (I also have a decent amount
of QA experience.) I've been out of the TW field since 2011 but
am currently veering back into the field and would love to contribute
On 9/14/2017 10:49 AM, Famiglietti, Andrew A wrote:
> Hi Open Office Doc Team,
>
>
> I'm a professor in the English Department at West Chester University of
> Pennsylvania, and I'm planning to use Open Source Software documentation as a
> "real world" writing task for my Technical Writing
On 8/9/2017 7:17 PM, Steve Stepan Kehayan wrote:
> Dear Sir/Madam,
>
> I've been writing and editing reports, documents, articles and publications
> for the last 25 years. I’m originally from Singapore but I’ve been living and
> working in Europe and Asia for the last 20 years. I’ve just
Dear Andrew,
over a period of seven years (14 university terms) I developed a
documentation specially aimed at students, though not students in science
courses. It is available in five languages so far, I myself did the German,
English and French versions. It includes an online exercise, though I
Hi Open Office Doc Team,
I'm a professor in the English Department at West Chester University of
Pennsylvania, and I'm planning to use Open Source Software documentation as a
"real world" writing task for my Technical Writing Students this semester. I
noticed your project was looking for
To whom it may concern,
Hello! I am Mitul Patel, hailing from the Madison, Wisconsin. I majored in
Environmental Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The minor
focus in my major was the integration of Geographic Information Systems to
the sciences. As a result, I have a minor
Chris Sirrs wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My name is Chris. I am a recent university grad interested in
> getting my feet wet in the world of technical writing by volunteering
> to create and edit documentation for open source projects such as
> Open Office. If there is anything I can help with in this
Hello,
My name is Chris. I am a recent university grad interested in getting my feet
wet in the world of technical writing by volunteering to create and edit
documentation for open source projects such as Open Office. If there is
anything I can help with in this regard, feel free to let me
om]
> Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 23:25
> To: doc@openoffice.apache.org
> Subject: New Doc Volunteer
>
> Hi Sir
> I try to introduce in clear manner. I am Rishabha Singh. I am from UP ,
> India . I am a quite java programmer .
> And also I am interested in java Developing
Hi Sir
I try to introduce in clear manner. I am Rishabha Singh. I am from UP , India .
I am a quite java programmer .
And also I am interested in java Developing . Currently I am working in Vstacks
InfoTech Noida, India as a java junior developer . I like solve difficulties in
a opposite
Elaine Morin wrote:
> Hello,
> My name is Elaine Morin, I'm from Edmonton, AB, Canada, and my background is
> in writing. I'm hoping to work on some documentation projects for Open
> Office. I'm working on strengthening my writing portfolio, so I'm interested
> in writing about technical
Hello,
My name is Elaine Morin, I'm from Edmonton, AB, Canada, and my background is in
writing. I'm hoping to work on some documentation projects for Open Office. I'm
working on strengthening my writing portfolio, so I'm interested in writing
about technical projects, which I'm sure I'll find
Bilal Coleman wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> My name is Bilal. I'm new to the doc team and I'd love to be brought up to
> speed with any current projects or assistance that I can provide.
>
> Thanks,
>
Bilal;
First let me apologize for the lateness of this response. The
documentation list has been
Hi Keith,
Thank you for your help. I’ve had a look at the User Guide on the MWiki and
have made a start on the Writer Guide. I noticed there are a lot of links on
the guide to other pages on the Wiki and I’m just wondering if this is the
layout you want to keep or if the different sections
Amy Mason wrote:
> Hello OpenOffice.org Documentation Team,
>
> My name is Amy Mason and I am currently studying English Language and
> Literature at the University of Sunderland.
>
> I am sending this email as I would love to write for OpenOffice.org's
> documentation team. As a current English
Hello OpenOffice.org Documentation Team,
My name is Amy Mason and I am currently studying English Language and
Literature at the University of Sunderland.
I am sending this email as I would love to write for OpenOffice.org's
documentation team. As a current English student, I am constantly
Hi everyone,
My name is Bilal. I'm new to the doc team and I'd love to be brought up to
speed with any current projects or assistance that I can provide.
Thanks,
Sou professora primaria aposentada, tenho licenciatura plena em historia e
pos-graduacao em psicopedagogia. Preciso me manter ativa para ativar minha
memoria. ja trabalhei com linux educacional. Moro em Chale, MG- Brasil. Nao
falo outra lingua.
Hello guys,
My name is Monasor. I am a new doc volunteer and a new believer in all
things open source. I recently switched from word to openoffice, then from
windows to ubuntu .
So far, I love it. And, I am convinced volunteering my time into docs is
one way I could say thank you to openoffice
Heather,
Welcome.
Three things:
Read Strunk and White, maybe once a year until the cover falls off.
Read Fowler's English Usage once a decade.
Get the Chicago Manual of Style, skim it once, and use it once or twice a
week forever.
That was the three main things. The basic things that every
On 17/10/2014 Steve Wolf wrote:
I would love to volunteer my time (Which I have plenty of) learning
documentation writing. I have strong English writing skills and
technical knowledge. Thank you for the opportunity.
Plenty of time? Sounds very good, and as you can guess from the delay
other
Andrea Pescetti wrote:
On 17/10/2014 Steve Wolf wrote:
I would love to volunteer my time (Which I have plenty of) learning
documentation writing. I have strong English writing skills and
technical knowledge. Thank you for the opportunity.
Plenty of time? Sounds very good, and as you can
Thanks for your involvement, please read the archive to know what are
the list currently working on and try to contribute along the line of
work. Regards:
http://markmail.org/search/+list:org.apache.openoffice.doc
On 11/5/14, Stefan Boroda imnotashr...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
I've been on the
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On 23/06/2014 Shyam Sindha wrote:
I'm looking to help with technical writing, copy-editing, proof reading
etc. I have a bachelors degree in Physics, with some experience of coding.
However my biggest strengths are definitely spelling and grammar.
Thanks! You will receive credentials for our
N. McKenna [mailto:keith.mcke...@comcast.net]
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 5:18 AM
To: doc@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Re: New Doc Volunteer
Yuko Imai wrote:
Hi,
I've just joined the Documentation mailing list. My name is Yuko, a
technical writer living in Australia.
My
...@public.gmane.org?
Kind regards,
Yuko
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From: Keith N. McKenna
[mailto:keith.mckenna-wuw85uim5zdr7s880jo...@public.gmane.org]
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 5:18 AM
To: doc@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Re: New Doc Volunteer
Yuko Imai wrote:
Hi,
I've
Ben Hunt wrote:
Hi, I am a third year IT student from Australia. Both myself and
another IT student have a project to help contribute to an open
source project (due in June) so we decided to try and help out with
open office. We have no particular set of skills, we have done some
Java and C#
Ben Hunt wrote:
Hi,
I am a third year IT student from Australia. Both myself and another IT
student have a project to help contribute to an open source project (due in
June) so we decided to try and help out with open office. We have no
particular set of skills, we have done some Java and
On 01/05/2014 Ben Hunt wrote:
I am a third year IT student from Australia. Both myself and another
IT student have a project to help contribute to an open source
project (due in June) so we decided to try and help out with open
office. We have no particular set of skills, we have done some Java
Hi,
I am a third year IT student from Australia. Both myself and another IT student
have a project to help contribute to an open source project (due in June) so we
decided to try and help out with open office. We have no particular set of
skills, we have done some Java and C# but are in no way
On 13/04/2014 Luca Ceccarini wrote:
My name is Luca and I’m a tech enthusiast and overall digital geek
from Italy. I’m a self-employed web and print designer, my main
occupation for almost 10 years now. But I’m looking for a new
challenge and I’m particularly interested in technical writing.
Hi all,
I'm a tech writer from Cleveland, OH, interested in helping out with
OpenOffice projects. Please let me know how I can get involved!
Skills:
Writing/Editing
Photoshop and Graphic Design
Thank you,
Julian Spiro
There is some efforts updating the migration guide at the moment, please
take a look at it and see if there are areas where they can be improved.
On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 12:09 PM, Julian Spiro jdsp...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
I'm a tech writer from Cleveland, OH, interested in helping out
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Marcia K Wilbur wrote:
Hi Everyone,
My name is Marcia Wilbur. -- Who I am
I am located in the US, Arizona more specifically. Where I
live I am from New England Where I am from
For over a decade my writing focus was copyright
Thank you! This seems like a great starting point. I would very much
enjoy working on an alternative to proprietary expensive approach. I
am also very interested in education and statistics.
Thanks!
Quoting Dave davepo...@gmail.com:
Hi Marcia,
My tentative suggestion might well be
I have tried to start a wikibook on both, education and accounting,
unfortunately havent had time to really develop it. If you have time and
interest I could give you the information I have gathered and we can get
this project back on top form.
On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 2:20 AM, Marcia K Wilbur
Hi Marcia,
My tentative suggestion might well be completely off the mark But something
completely new and possibly lacking would be some documentation for
students doing or having to do statistics. Possibly the opensource PSPP (as
an alternative to the much too expensive SPSS) would be a nice
2013/9/23 Andy Walton proje...@andywalton.net
Hi, Mailing List!
I've just signed up for the documentation mailing list / added my name to
the wiki lists and I wanted to introduce myself. I'm Andy and I'm a
freelance technical writer based in Leicester, UK. My background is in
user-facing
Hi, Mailing List!
I've just signed up for the documentation mailing list / added my name
to the wiki lists and I wanted to introduce myself. I'm Andy and I'm a
freelance technical writer based in Leicester, UK. My background is in
user-facing documentation such as manuals and how-to content,
Hi,
I've been using open source software (including OpenOffice) for just
about ten years now, and exclusively Linux for about six. Since I am a
writer and editor with some enterprise software documentation experience
(especially using Confluence), I figured it's about time I tried to give
a
dbclinton wrote:
Hi,
I've been using open source software (including OpenOffice) for just
about ten years now, and exclusively Linux for about six. Since I am a
writer and editor with some enterprise software documentation experience
(especially using Confluence), I figured it's about time I
Brandon Youngdale wrote:
Hi,
My name is Brandon Youngdale and I just joined the volunteer documentation
team today. I love OpenOffice and I have appreciated it so much as I have
gone through my Bachelors and Masters degree in Writing that I wanted to
start giving back to the community however I
Hi Keith,
Maybe to start out I will just work as an editor. I will go through the
existing material and check it for grammar, typos, and such. Then as I get
more familiar with the material I will start working on producing original
material.
Does that sounds ok?
Thanks,
Brandon
On Tue, Aug
Brandon Youngdale wrote:
Hi Keith,
Maybe to start out I will just work as an editor. I will go through the
existing material and check it for grammar, typos, and such. Then as I get
more familiar with the material I will start working on producing original
material.
Does that sounds ok?
Hi,
My name is Brandon Youngdale and I just joined the volunteer documentation
team today. I love OpenOffice and I have appreciated it so much as I have
gone through my Bachelors and Masters degree in Writing that I wanted to
start giving back to the community however I could. I am so glad that I
2013/8/4 dgcashion cashi...@gmail.com
Hi there,
My name is Deborah and I'm interested in volunteering with the OpenOffice
documentation team.
I am a web developer and I have a little experience writing technical docs.
Please let me know how I can be of assistance.
Welcome!
Your
Hi there,
My name is Deborah and I'm interested in volunteering with the OpenOffice
documentation team.
I am a web developer and I have a little experience writing technical docs.
Please let me know how I can be of assistance.
Thanks,
Deborah
Hi Andrea
Thank you. I'll go ahead, but let me know if I start doing the wrong thing.
Best wishes to all
Alex
-Original Message-
From: Andrea Pescetti
Sent: Monday, July 8, 2013 7:10 AM
To: doc@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Re: New Doc Volunteer
On 06/07/2013 Alex Stillwell wrote
be described?
Best wishes
Alex
-Original Message-
From: Andrea Pescetti
Sent: Thursday, July 4, 2013 9:34 PM
To: doc@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Re: New Doc Volunteer
Alex Stillwell wrote:
Exactly what would you like me to do? and exactly how would you like
me to respond. I have
Hi
I’m a new volunteer and need to know what you would like me to do. Your
interest seems to be in my writing skills and I have read the orientations
modules 1-3 but am still confused regarding how to go about helping.
In an email I have been directed to -
Our major thrust at this
Alex Stillwell wrote:
Exactly what would you like me to do? and exactly how would you like
me to respond. I have indigestion from too much information and I
cannot see what is important at this stage and what I should do next.
Once I get a handle on how to help I will be OK. It is just taking me
Hello Alex and welcome to the documentation group. With your skills as
an author and in publishing you can be of great help to us. The first
step is to subscribe to this mailing list so that you do not miss any of
the discussion that goes on. Your initial email was sent through the
moderator
Hi
My training is in physics, I have teacher training and taught science and
maths. After starting a family I went into teaching adults crafts, eventually
specialising in lacemaking and through a series of events and with a lot of
encouragement from friends wrote a book on lace, that’s another
Hy, Caroline! Welcome on board!
2013/5/10 Caroline O'Brien caroline.obr...@gmail.com
Hey there!
I'm eager to learn more about working on the Doc Team for Open Office.
Can you tell me a bit more about where I should start, outside of signing
up for the two wikis and putting my name on the
Hey there!
I'm eager to learn more about working on the Doc Team for Open Office.
Can you tell me a bit more about where I should start, outside of signing
up for the two wikis and putting my name on the volunteer sites?
Thank you!
Caroline
Hello, please read the initial documentation that we have on our site.
http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/intro-doc.html
This will guide you throught he initial steps into the way the
project is builted and where you can contribute best.
On 5/9/13, Caroline O'Brien
Hello, I'm Steve. I'm signing up for the team to help with
Documentation. I've been a user for about eight years. I have an MS in
Education, and BA in Behavioral Science. I have experience as a teacher
and school administrator.
Now I have time to contribute, and I look forward to doing so.
2013/3/21 leah_bac...@us.ibm.com
Hello,
I just signed up as a documentation volunteer. I work at IBM. I have
almost 20 years experience in education and support - writing user
documentation and courses, and delivering classes in a variety of
software. In the past 5 years, I've worked
On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Stephen J. Hyland
s...@stephenhyland.com wrote:
Hello, everyone. My name is Stephen Hyland, and I've been a long-time user of
Open Source software, a software engineer, a technical writer (various tools
but primarily FrameMaker), and am an attorney. I probably
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