Re: Code covered by the Oracle grant

2011-06-10 Thread Mathias Bauer
On 07.06.2011 14:22, Mathias Bauer wrote: On 07.06.2011 13:00, Nóirín Plunkett wrote: On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Mathias Bauermathias_ba...@gmx.net wrote: If there was still too much concern about that, I could work on an improved list from a technical perspective and provide this list

Re: Code covered by the Oracle grant

2011-06-08 Thread Mathias Bauer
On 08.06.2011 00:37, robert_w...@us.ibm.com wrote: Greg Steingst...@gmail.com wrote on 06/07/2011 05:50:49 PM: Besides the content Oracle owns, it seems we could just ask the other owners to give the CWS's to the ASF. I mean, really... *somebody* out there holds the copyright. We just

Re: Code covered by the Oracle grant

2011-06-08 Thread Steve Loughran
On 06/07/2011 06:08 PM, Andrew Rist wrote: It is Oracle's intent to provide to ASF the files needed to build OOo, taking into account licensing and ownership issues. This includes binary artifacts such as the OOo artwork and translation databases. I am following the discussions here closely, and

Re: Code covered by the Oracle grant

2011-06-08 Thread Sam Ruby
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 6:53 AM, Steve Loughran ste...@apache.org wrote: Now, the database with OOo is hsqldb, Java based, so assuming we want to run this on Apache Harmony, does the Java TCK becomes a test dependency of OOo? No - Sam Ruby

Re: Code covered by the Oracle grant

2011-06-08 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Project Lead since 2005) I'm happy to see Oracle finally answering questions on public lists. May I ask for a last clarification on the code covered by the Oracle grant? Some observers, like the Document Foundation [1] and Bradley Kuhn [2], seem to imply that the grant will also turn some proprietary

Re: Code covered by the Oracle grant

2011-06-08 Thread Andrew Rist
. (acknowledged - that was several hundred messages ago) On 6/8/2011 1:41 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: May I ask for a last clarification on the code covered by the Oracle grant? Some observers, like the Document Foundation [1] and Bradley Kuhn [2], seem to imply that the grant will also turn some proprietary

Re: Code covered by the Oracle grant

2011-06-08 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Andrew Rist wrote: I'll quote my earlier answer [1] on that: Our approach is to start with the main open source code - stuff with clear provenance. The OOo extensions are more complex in terms of licensing and other issues, but this is certainly something to revisit at a later stage of the

Re: Code covered by the Oracle grant

2011-06-07 Thread eric b
Hi, Le 7 juin 11 à 06:01, Ralph Goers a écrit : It is my expectation that if we make reasonable requests and that if those requests are within Oracle's power to fulfill those requests, that we will obtain subsequent software grants. Sam, for me this is the only area where I question whether

Re: Code covered by the Oracle grant

2011-06-07 Thread Simon Brouwer
Ralph Goers schreef: On Jun 6, 2011, at 7:27 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 10:02 AM, Christian Lippka c...@lippka.com wrote: While the technical analyze here seems (should not use that word) correct my understanding is that missing bits could still be provided if requested.

Re: Code covered by the Oracle grant

2011-06-07 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Simon Brouwer wrote: The real question is whether anything essential is missing that Oracle can't supply and that is very difficult to replace. If you re-read Christian's mail, the answer to both is yes. And another remark: given the overall state of the code (~20 years of sedimentation), the

Re: Code covered by the Oracle grant

2011-06-07 Thread Christian Lippka
Hi Thorsten, Am 07.06.2011 11:09, schrieb Thorsten Behrens: Simon Brouwer wrote: The real question is whether anything essential is missing that Oracle can't supply and that is very difficult to replace. If you re-read Christian's mail, the answer to both is yes. And another remark: given

Re: Code covered by the Oracle grant

2011-06-07 Thread Simon Brouwer
Hi Thorsten, Thorsten Behrens schreef: Simon Brouwer wrote: The real question is whether anything essential is missing that Oracle can't supply and that is very difficult to replace. If you re-read Christian's mail, the answer to both is yes. Both? That was only one question, and

Re: Code covered by the Oracle grant

2011-06-07 Thread Sam Ruby
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 12:01 AM, Ralph Goers ralph.go...@dslextreme.com wrote: On Jun 6, 2011, at 7:27 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 10:02 AM, Christian Lippka c...@lippka.com wrote: While the technical analyze here seems (should not use that word) correct my understanding is

Re: Code covered by the Oracle grant

2011-06-07 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Mathias Bauer wrote: I don't think that this is really necessary *now*, as we can do that even better and more efficiently when we actually work on the code from the svn repository. It was promised that the needed files will be provided once they are known. I'm confident that this will work

Re: Code covered by the Oracle grant

2011-06-07 Thread Nóirín Plunkett
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Mathias Bauer mathias_ba...@gmx.net wrote: If there was still too much concern about that, I could work on an improved list from a technical perspective and provide this list in a few days. I don't claim to reach perfection, but the result should be much closer

Re: Code covered by the Oracle grant

2011-06-07 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
On 7 Jun 2011, at 13:06, Michael Stahl wrote: On 07/06/11 11:42, Christian Lippka wrote: Am 07.06.2011 11:09, schrieb Thorsten Behrens: If you re-read Christian's mail, the answer to both is yes. And another remark: given the overall state of the code (~20 years of sedimentation), the full

Re: Code covered by the Oracle grant

2011-06-07 Thread Simon Phipps
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Mathias Bauer mathias_ba...@gmx.netwrote: On 07.06.2011 12:37, Thorsten Behrens wrote: Mathias Bauer wrote: I don't think that this is really necessary *now*, as we can do that even better and more efficiently when we actually work on the code from the svn

Re: Code covered by the Oracle grant

2011-06-07 Thread Mathias Bauer
On 07.06.2011 13:00, Nóirín Plunkett wrote: On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Mathias Bauermathias_ba...@gmx.net wrote: If there was still too much concern about that, I could work on an improved list from a technical perspective and provide this list in a few days. I don't claim to reach

Re: Code covered by the Oracle grant

2011-06-07 Thread Sam Ruby
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 8:00 AM, Simon Phipps si...@webmink.com wrote: It seems entirely reasonable, though, to expect Oracle to provide a firm commitment that they will relicense any and all files in the repository that they own, including CWS. Sam, does the current commitment from Apache

Re: Code covered by the Oracle grant

2011-06-07 Thread Andrew Rist
It is Oracle's intent to provide to ASF the files needed to build OOo, taking into account licensing and ownership issues. This includes binary artifacts such as the OOo artwork and translation databases. I am following the discussions here closely, and I am collected all of the lists that are

Re: Code covered by the Oracle grant

2011-06-07 Thread Simon Phipps
That's very helpful, thanks Andrew. Will Oracle also be providing the work-in-progress CWS[1] please? Thanks S. [1] http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1792694/cws.ods On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 6:08 PM, Andrew Rist andrew.r...@oracle.com wrote: It is Oracle's intent to provide to ASF the files needed to

Re: Code covered by the Oracle grant

2011-06-07 Thread Andrew Rist
We are trying to provide all of the Oracle owned content in the OOo repositories. A. On 6/7/2011 10:14 AM, Simon Phipps wrote: That's very helpful, thanks Andrew. Will Oracle also be providing the work-in-progress CWS[1] please? Thanks S. [1] http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1792694/cws.ods On

Re: Code covered by the Oracle grant

2011-06-07 Thread Simon Phipps
Good to know, many thanks. S. On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 7:23 PM, Andrew Rist andrew.r...@oracle.com wrote: We are trying to provide all of the Oracle owned content in the OOo repositories. A. On 6/7/2011 10:14 AM, Simon Phipps wrote: That's very helpful, thanks Andrew. Will Oracle also

Re: Code covered by the Oracle grant

2011-06-07 Thread Greg Stein
Besides the content Oracle owns, it seems we could just ask the other owners to give the CWS's to the ASF. I mean, really... *somebody* out there holds the copyright. We just have to determine who, and then ask. Some definite legwork, but it seems doable. On Jun 7, 2011 10:15 AM, Simon Phipps

Re: Code covered by the Oracle grant

2011-06-07 Thread robert_weir
Greg Stein gst...@gmail.com wrote on 06/07/2011 05:50:49 PM: Besides the content Oracle owns, it seems we could just ask the other owners to give the CWS's to the ASF. I mean, really... *somebody* out there holds the copyright. We just have to determine who, and then ask. Some definite

Re: Code covered by the Oracle grant

2011-06-07 Thread Simon Phipps
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 11:37 PM, robert_w...@us.ibm.com wrote: Greg Stein gst...@gmail.com wrote on 06/07/2011 05:50:49 PM: Besides the content Oracle owns, it seems we could just ask the other owners to give the CWS's to the ASF. I mean, really... *somebody* out there holds the

Code covered by the Oracle grant

2011-06-06 Thread Sam Ruby
Forwarding as requested. - Sam Ruby -- Forwarded message -- From: Christian Lohmaier lohmaier+ooofut...@googlemail.com Date: Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 5:45 AM Subject: [tdf-discuss] Code covered by the Oracle grant (was: Proposal to join Apache OpenOffice) To: disc

Re: Code covered by the Oracle grant

2011-06-06 Thread Christian Lippka
Am 06.06.2011 12:02, schrieb Christian Lohmaier [...] - Sam Ruby raw numbers: wc -l repo.lst sorted_ooo.lst 69076 repo.lst 39616 sorted_ooo.lst So even calling this seems to include the full repo and that even twice is either with malicious intent, or with no clue. Christian Lippka

Re: Code covered by the Oracle grant

2011-06-06 Thread Sam Ruby
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 10:02 AM, Christian Lippka c...@lippka.com wrote: While the technical analyze here seems (should not use that word) correct my understanding is that missing bits could still be provided if requested. But this must be answered by people who are making the negotiations.

Re: Code covered by the Oracle grant

2011-06-06 Thread Ralph Goers
On Jun 6, 2011, at 7:27 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 10:02 AM, Christian Lippka c...@lippka.com wrote: While the technical analyze here seems (should not use that word) correct my understanding is that missing bits could still be provided if requested. But this must be