Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Changes to front cover and copyright notice required for user guides to go on Amazon

2014-01-29 Thread Robinson Tryon
On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 7:03 AM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak and...@pitonyak.org wrote: On 01/26/2014 07:15 AM, Robinson Tryon wrote: Couple of points: 1) I don't believe the LibreOffice Documentation Team is a legal entity, so I'm not sure that it can hold copyright (at least not in the US). 2)

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Changes to front cover and copyright notice required for user guides to go on Amazon

2014-01-29 Thread Robert Marshall
On the LGPL License page actually: http://www.libreoffice.org/download/license/ On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 7:10 AM, Robinson Tryon bishop.robin...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 7:47 AM, Robert Marshall rober...@hockeyhockeyhockey.com wrote: What do other open source foundations use

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Changes to front cover and copyright notice required for user guides to go on Amazon

2014-01-27 Thread Marina Latini
+1 Robinson. I think that the LibreOffice Documentation Team isn't a legal entity. So, what about: This document is Copyright © 2014 by The Document Foundation. You may distribute or modify it under the terms of either the GNU General Public License (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html),

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Changes to front cover and copyright notice required for user guides to go on Amazon

2014-01-27 Thread Robinson Tryon
On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 1:54 AM, Marina Latini mar...@studiostorti.com wrote: +1 Robinson. I think that the LibreOffice Documentation Team isn't a legal entity. So, what about: This document is Copyright © 2014 by The Document Foundation. You may distribute or modify it under the terms of

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Changes to front cover and copyright notice required for user guides to go on Amazon

2014-01-27 Thread Robert Marshall
What do other open source foundations use for their front cover artwork? Or is this a brand new change to the requirements? The actual license for LIbreOffice says Copyright © 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Not understanding the innerworkings of the documentation team's relationship to the

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Changes to front cover and copyright notice required for user guides to go on Amazon

2014-01-26 Thread Jean Weber
It's not a formal vote. If someone has an objection to the proposed copyright wording change, for a good reason, we certainly need to discuss it and come to an agreement. --Jean On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 9:24 PM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :) +1 from a lurker. I don't get a

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Changes to front cover and copyright notice required for user guides to go on Amazon

2014-01-26 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 from a lurker. I don't get a vote as i don't contribute to or do any work in the team itself, also i'm not a member of TDF. Also i'm not sure if this is a formal vote or if a proposal needs a seconder but if it is and if it does then i would if i could. Regards from Tom :) On 25

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Changes to front cover and copyright notice required for user guides to go on Amazon

2014-01-26 Thread Robinson Tryon
On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 3:28 PM, Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com wrote: For distribution through Amazon etc, the front cover of the book must include the name of the author of the book, and that name must match the name given in the copyright statement and in the metadata we provide to Lulu.

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Changes to front cover and copyright notice required for user guides to go on Amazon

2014-01-26 Thread K-J LibreOffice
Hi Jean, all, short answer. Am 26.01.2014 00:28, schrieb Jean Weber: [...] I, or Klaus-Jürgen or someone, need to add LibreOffice Documentation Team to the front cover design for v4.2, at least for the cover provided to Lulu. As no one else except you and me have the original svg, I will do

[libreoffice-documentation] Changes to front cover and copyright notice required for user guides to go on Amazon

2014-01-25 Thread Jean Weber
As I mentioned in an earlier note, I have been looking into getting our user guides sold through Amazon and other venues, now that Lulu is not charging a fee for this. In order for our books to qualify, some minor changes are required to the files sent to Lulu. These changes do not need to be