Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-10 Thread Marcelo H.Fortino
Hi Rob and all, My name is Marcelo Horacio Fortino and I've been using this suite since 1999 when I get an StarOffice 5.1 CD from Sun. Since then I had worked with all OpenOffice.Org and lastly with LibreOffice flavors and I've been promoting and installing these suites hundreds of times

Re: Remediation ...

2011-06-10 Thread Nick Kew
On 9 Jun 2011, at 20:10, Noel J. Bergman wrote: Michael, I agree that the ethical thing to do is to inform partners of such matters, although I still don't know how to guarantee it. And generally speaking, you might want to treat the specifics of such matters in similarly sensitive

Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-10 Thread Damjan Jovanovic
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Marcelo H.Fortino mfort...@estrategiasgnulinux.com wrote: Hi Rob and all, My name is Marcelo Horacio Fortino and I've been using this suite since 1999 when I get an StarOffice 5.1 CD from Sun. Since then I had worked with all OpenOffice.Org and lastly with

Re: Vote plans for OOo proposal

2011-06-10 Thread Christian Grobmeier
There are still people signing up as initial committers. Is it a sign to wait a bit longer with the vote? On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 6:00 PM, Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net wrote: First some current stats: 73 committers. 18 currently have iclas on file. 29 have openoffice.org email

Re: Remediation ...

2011-06-10 Thread Sam Ruby
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 4:47 AM, Nick Kew n...@apache.org wrote: On 9 Jun 2011, at 20:10, Noel J. Bergman wrote: Michael, I agree that the ethical thing to do is to inform partners of such matters, although I still don't know how to guarantee it.  And generally speaking, you might want

Re: Vote plans for OOo proposal

2011-06-10 Thread Jochen Wiedmann
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Christian Grobmeier grobme...@gmail.com wrote: There are still people signing up as initial committers. Is it a sign to wait a bit longer with the vote? There's no problem with them joining later, is it? -- Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most

Re: Vote plans for OOo proposal

2011-06-10 Thread Sam Ruby
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 5:40 AM, Jochen Wiedmann jochen.wiedm...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Christian Grobmeier grobme...@gmail.com wrote: There are still people signing up as initial committers. Is it a sign to wait a bit longer with the vote? Deadlines are good at

Re: Vote plans for OOo proposal

2011-06-10 Thread Christian Grobmeier
Is it a sign to wait a bit longer with the vote? Deadlines are good at inciting action.  :-) There's no problem with them joining later, is it? Nope. Its just a bit more complicated as they need to get voted in. I intend to proceed as planned. Fine for me. - Sam Ruby

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: Remediation ...

2011-06-10 Thread Volker Merschmann
Hi, 2011/6/10 Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net: On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 4:47 AM, Nick Kew n...@apache.org wrote: On 9 Jun 2011, at 20:10, Noel J. Bergman wrote: I agree that the ethical thing to do is to inform partners of such matters, although I still don't know how to guarantee it.  And

FSF Statement on OpenOffice.org's move to Apache

2011-06-10 Thread Sam Ruby
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Volker Merschmann merschm...@gmail.com wrote: Some fundamental comments about the license have been written down by the FSF: http://www.fsf.org/news/openoffice-apache-libreoffice That's worthy of a new subject line. While the first line of the first paragraph

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Nick Burch
On Fri, 10 Jun 2011, Sam Ruby wrote: Please cast your votes: I'm +1 If accepted, I'll try to help out with the podling, but alas I've not got time at the moment to take on a full mentorship role of it. Nick - To

Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-10 Thread Malte Timmermann
Hi, my name is Malte Timmermann, and I work on the code base of OpenOffice.org since 1991 - almost from the beginning. It started with StarDivision, later acquired by Sun, later acquired by Oracle. While still being an Oracle employee, my engagement here will be on an individual base.

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Danese Cooper
Please cast your votes: [ +1 ] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation Danese

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Bill Stoddard
[X] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation On 6/10/11 12:02 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: *** Please change your Subject: line for any [DISCUSSION] of this [VOTE] As the discussions on the OpenOfficeProposal threads seem to be winding down, I would like to initiate the vote to accept OpenOffice.org

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 6/10/2011 11:02 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: Please cast your votes: [ ] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation +1 [binding] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail:

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Alexei Fedotov
+1 (non-binding) -- With best regards / с наилучшими пожеланиями, Alexei Fedotov / Алексей Федотов, http://dataved.ru/ +7 916 562 8095 On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 8:20 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wr...@rowe-clan.net wrote: On 6/10/2011 11:02 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: Please cast your votes: [  ] +1

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Davanum Srinivas
[X] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation (binding) On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 12:20 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wr...@rowe-clan.net wrote: On 6/10/2011 11:02 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: Please cast your votes: [  ] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation +1 [binding]

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Dave Fisher
[X] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation Non-binding. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org

RE: OpenOffice patent issues (was Remediation ...)

2011-06-10 Thread Allen Pulsifer
Sam wrote: Before proceeding, I would like to seek advice from our counsel.  I also want to proceed based on specific patent infringement concerns and not on abstract hypotheticals.  However, I don't want to spend valuable time on this until we decide whether or not to accept this project for

Re: OpenOffice patent issues (was Remediation ...)

2011-06-10 Thread Sam Ruby
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 12:28 PM, Allen Pulsifer pulsi...@openoffice.org wrote: The net result of these issues are that project participants may have differing opinions on whether they want to either (a) include code for a possible patented technology or (b) include code to work around a

Re: [DISCUSSION] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Simon Phipps
For us outsiders, can you explain who is allowed to vote and in what way, please? S.

Re: [DISCUSSION] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Alexei Fedotov
Anyone is allowed to vote. If you vote against, please, explain why. Most of votes do not count anyway, negative votes are usually addressed. -- With best regards / с наилучшими пожеланиями, Alexei Fedotov / Алексей Федотов, http://dataved.ru/ +7 916 562 8095 On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 8:45 PM,

Re: [DISCUSSION] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Davanum Srinivas
Simon, Anyone interested can VOTE. If u see some of the votes they have (binding) in the text, those are from folks on the incubator pmc. Ultimately if we see a whole bunch of -1's then we check which way the pmc voted to decide if the proposal was accepted or not. So please go ahead and vote to

Re: [DISCUSSION] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Simon Phipps
Awesome, thanks. On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 5:48 PM, Alexei Fedotov alexei.fedo...@gmail.comwrote: Anyone is allowed to vote. If you vote against, please, explain why. Most of votes do not count anyway, negative votes are usually addressed. -- With best regards / с наилучшими пожеланиями,

Re: [DISCUSSION] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Ian Lynch
Sorry for ignorance but what does binding - non-binding mean? -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications (The Schools ITQ) www.theINGOTs.org +44 (0)1827 305940 The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Simon Phipps
+1 (non-binding) S.

Re: [DISCUSSION] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Davanum Srinivas
binding is used by members of the incubator pmc [1] -- dims [1] http://people.apache.org/committers-by-project.html#incubator-pmc On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Ian Lynch ianrly...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry for ignorance but what does binding - non-binding mean? -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT

Re: [DISCUSSION] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Ian Lynch
On 10 June 2011 17:49, Davanum Srinivas dava...@gmail.com wrote: Simon, Anyone interested can VOTE. If u see some of the votes they have (binding) in the text, those are from folks on the incubator pmc. Ultimately if we see a whole bunch of -1's then we check which way the pmc voted to

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Danese Cooper
Sorry, should have said +1 [binding] On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Danese Cooper dan...@gmail.com wrote: Please cast your votes: [ +1 ] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation Danese

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Damjan Jovanovic
+1 non-binding On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net wrote: *** Please change your Subject: line for any [DISCUSSION] of this [VOTE] As the discussions on the OpenOfficeProposal threads seem to be winding down, I would like to initiate the vote to accept

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Phillip Rhodes
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net wrote: Please cast your votes: [X ] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation [ ] +0 Indifferent to OpenOffice.org incubation [ ] -1 Reject OpenOffice.org for incubation This vote will close 72 hours from now.

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Sanjiva Weerawarana
-1, as I feel this is not in the best interests of the world but rather of a few powers. (Officially I'm on the incubator PMC I believe but I have not been active .. so lets chalk this up for non-binding.) Sanjiva. On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 9:32 PM, Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net wrote: ***

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Sam Ruby
[X] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation - Sam Ruby - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Richard S. Hall
+1 - richard On 6/10/11 12:02, Sam Ruby wrote: *** Please change your Subject: line for any [DISCUSSION] of this [VOTE] As the discussions on the OpenOfficeProposal threads seem to be winding down, I would like to initiate the vote to accept OpenOffice.org as an Apache Incubator project.

Re: [DISCUSSION] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 6/10/2011 11:45 AM, Simon Phipps wrote: For us outsiders, can you explain who is allowed to vote and in what way, please? Everyone is welcome to vote. Binding votes include all Incubator Project Management Committee members. Non-binding votes can and do influence the opinions of committee

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Karl Pauls
+1 (binding) regards, Karl On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 7:06 PM, Richard S. Hall he...@ungoverned.org wrote: +1 - richard On 6/10/11 12:02, Sam Ruby wrote: *** Please change your Subject: line for any [DISCUSSION] of this [VOTE] As the discussions on the OpenOfficeProposal threads seem to

Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 6/10/2011 12:04 PM, Sanjiva Weerawarana wrote: (Officially I'm on the incubator PMC I believe but I have not been active .. so lets chalk this up for non-binding.) Then you just cast a binding vote. Feel free to change it, or withdraw it, but the committee roster determines which binds.

Re: Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Benson Margulies
I forgot to add (binding) to my +1, but I don't think I'm alone. On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 1:12 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wr...@rowe-clan.net wrote: On 6/10/2011 12:04 PM, Sanjiva Weerawarana wrote: (Officially I'm on the incubator PMC I believe but I have not been active .. so lets chalk this up

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Roman H. Gelbort
+1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation -- --- Prof. Román H. Gelbort No busquemos aplicaciones que reemplacen aplicaciones, sino aplicaciones que resuelvan problemas específicos...

Re: [DISCUSSION] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 05:45:03PM +0100, Simon Phipps wrote: For us outsiders, can you explain who is allowed to vote and in what way, please? Official policy: http://incubator.apache.org/incubation/Incubation_Policy.html#Entry+to+Incubation Entry Into Incubation ... In order

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 12:02:44PM -0400, Sam Ruby wrote: [ ] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation [ ] +0 Indifferent to OpenOffice.org incubation [ ] -1 Reject OpenOffice.org for incubation +1 (binding) Marvin Humphrey

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Andrew Rist
+1 (non-binding) Please cast your votes: [ ] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation [ ] +0 Indifferent to OpenOffice.org incubation [ ] -1 Reject OpenOffice.org for incubation - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

Re: Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Christian Grobmeier
Yes, me too. On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Benson Margulies bimargul...@gmail.com wrote: I forgot to add (binding) to my +1, but I don't think I'm alone. On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 1:12 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wr...@rowe-clan.net wrote: On 6/10/2011 12:04 PM, Sanjiva Weerawarana wrote:

RE: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Sander van der Waal
Please cast your votes: [ ] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation [ ] +0 Indifferent to OpenOffice.org incubation [ ] -1 Reject OpenOffice.org for incubation +1 (non-binding) Sander - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

Re: Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Davanum Srinivas
Counters typically check the names against the pmc roster, so it's ok -- dims On 06/10/2011 01:38 PM, Christian Grobmeier wrote: Yes, me too. On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Benson Margulies bimargul...@gmail.com wrote: I forgot to add (binding) to my +1, but I don't think I'm alone.

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
+1 -louis On 2011-06-10 13:41 , Sander van der Waal wrote: Please cast your votes: [ ] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation [ ] +0 Indifferent to OpenOffice.org incubation [ ] -1 Reject OpenOffice.org for incubation +1 (non-binding) Sander

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Simos Xenitellis
Please cast your votes: [ ] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation [ ] +0 Indifferent to OpenOffice.org incubation [ ] -1 Reject OpenOffice.org for incubation -1 (non-binding) This proposal is for the hosting of all OpenOffice.org services by the ASF, and mandates for items such as

RE: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Noel J. Bergman
+1 --- Noel - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org

RE: FSF Statement on OpenOffice.org's move to Apache

2011-06-10 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Andrew Rist wrote: I would also point out that this is not a case of moving from Copy Left to Permissive licensing. In this case, the code base is moving from dual-licensing (Copy Left and Proprietary) to Permissive. I made the same point elsewhere. Also, while I appreciate clarification

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Leif Hedstrom
+1 (binding) Cheers! -- Leif - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Jim Jagielski
+1 binding, of course... On Jun 10, 2011, at 12:08 PM, Jim Jagielski wrote: [+1] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail:

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Roman H. Gelbort
El 10/06/11 14:17, Roman H. Gelbort escribió: +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation and binding -- --- Prof. Román H. Gelbort No busquemos aplicaciones que reemplacen aplicaciones, sino aplicaciones que

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Andy Brown
+1 (non-binding) Andy Brown - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Scott Deboy
+1 (binding) On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Roman H. Gelbort ro...@piensalibre.com.ar wrote: El 10/06/11 14:17, Roman H. Gelbort escribió: +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation and binding -- ---

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Mike Edwards
+1 On 10/06/2011 17:02, Sam Ruby wrote: *** Please change your Subject: line for any [DISCUSSION] of this [VOTE] As the discussions on the OpenOfficeProposal threads seem to be winding down, I would like to initiate the vote to accept OpenOffice.org as an Apache Incubator project. At the

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Marcel Offermans
+1 (binding) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Yegor Kozlov
+1 On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 8:02 PM, Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net wrote: *** Please change your Subject: line for any [DISCUSSION] of this [VOTE] As the discussions on the OpenOfficeProposal threads seem to be winding down, I would like to initiate the vote to accept OpenOffice.org as an

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Donald Whytock
+1 (non-binding) On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 2:33 PM, Yegor Kozlov yegor.koz...@dinom.ru wrote: +1 On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 8:02 PM, Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net wrote: *** Please change your Subject: line for any [DISCUSSION] of this [VOTE] As the discussions on the OpenOfficeProposal

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Guillaume Nodet
-0 (binding) I concur with Sanjiva and it seems to be just a political move to me. On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 19:04, Sanjiva Weerawarana sanj...@opensource.lk wrote: -1, as I feel this is not in the best interests of the world but rather of a few powers. (Officially I'm on the incubator PMC I

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Greg Stein
On Jun 10, 2011 9:03 AM, Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net wrote: ... [ ] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation [ ] +0 Indifferent to OpenOffice.org incubation [ ] -1 Reject OpenOffice.org for incubation +1 (binding)

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Luciano Resende
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 9:02 AM, Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net wrote: *** Please change your Subject: line for any [DISCUSSION] of this [VOTE] As the discussions on the OpenOfficeProposal threads seem to be winding down, I would like to initiate the vote to accept OpenOffice.org as an

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Craig L Russell
+1 There are many reasons that this project might fail at Apache. These reasons have been brought up and discussed enough that I feel comfortable giving the project the chance to prove that it can be successful. Craig On Jun 10, 2011, at 9:02 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: *** Please change your

Re: Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 6/10/2011 2:04 PM, Daniel Shahaf wrote: Please. Being on a PMC can't *reduce* one's rights. So, if I were on the PMC and I said +1 (intentionally non-binding), I would expect it not to be counted as binding. Then state I would vote +1 but haven't spent sufficient time reviewing this,

[VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
[X] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation (non-binding) Comment: While I favor focusing on the reference implementation for ODF, as my previous comments reflect, I believe that and related scope decisions about releases and deployment are a matter for the podling to work through.

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Jochen Wiedmann
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net wrote: [  ] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation [  ] +0 Indifferent to OpenOffice.org incubation [  ] -1 Reject OpenOffice.org for incubation +1 (Non-binding) -- Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/06/10 10:02 AM Sam Ruby wrote: [ ] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation [ ] +0 Indifferent to OpenOffice.org incubation [ ] -1 Reject OpenOffice.org for incubation +1 (Non-binding) -- _ Larry I. Gusaas Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada Website:

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Mladen Turk
[x] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation On 06/10/2011 06:02 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: *** Please change your Subject: line for any [DISCUSSION] of this [VOTE] Please cast your votes: [ ] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation [ ] +0 Indifferent to OpenOffice.org incubation [ ] -1 Reject

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Keith Curtis
-1 My list of 44 reasons is here: http://keithcu.com/wordpress/?p=2567 To boil it down to one: this plan as announced had several big flaws, and they still exist. Kind regards, -Keith P.S. I don't see many from LibreOffice voting against this proposal, so I joined again to vote on their

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Stefan Seelmann
-0 (binding) My concerns: - It wasn't the community that wanted to join Apache but commercial entities decided and now the community is forced to join or stay away - The OOo code base, eco system, and user base is huge and should be managed by its own foundation - A copy-left license fits well

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Kazunari Hirano
+1 (Non-binding) Thanks, Kazunari Hirano - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Ross Gardler
+1 (binding) Sent from my mobile device (so please excuse typos) On 10 Jun 2011, at 17:02, Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net wrote: *** Please change your Subject: line for any [DISCUSSION] of this [VOTE] As the discussions on the OpenOfficeProposal threads seem to be winding down, I would

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread eric b
Hi, [ +1 ] (non binding) Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation Thanks ! Eric Bachard -- qɔᴉɹə Education Project: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Education_Project Projet OOo4Kids : http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/Main_Page L'association EducOOo : http://www.educoo.org Blog :

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Phil Steitz
-1 I do not think that accepting this podling is in the best interest of the ASF. Absent explicit criteria / principles governing what we accept into the Incubator, I have to apply informal judgment here and I am voting -1 for the following reasons: 0) I think the ASF has a responsibility to

Comment: Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Andy Brown
Keith Curtis wrote: -1 My list of 44 reasons is here: http://keithcu.com/wordpress/?p=2567 To boil it down to one: this plan as announced had several big flaws, and they still exist. Kind regards, -Keith P.S. I don't see many from LibreOffice voting against this proposal, so I joined again

Re: This list is for how not why?

2011-06-10 Thread Kazunari Hirano
Hi Ross and Greg, Thanks. Can you tell me what podling is? I could not find podling in my English-Japanese dictionary. Should be between podium and podocarpus, right? :) Thanks, khirano - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

Re: This list is for how not why?

2011-06-10 Thread Kevin Lau
Can you tell me what podling is? http://www.apache.org/foundation/glossary.html#Podling HTH -- Kevin

RE: This list is for how not why?

2011-06-10 Thread Allen Pulsifer
Greetings khirano, Can you tell me what podling is? podling is a made up (meaning invented) word that the ASF uses to refer to a project in the incubation stage. The word podling is formed by the root word pod (which should be in your dictionary) and the suffix -ling which means small (that

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread florent andré
[ X ] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation non-binding - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org

Re: This list is for how not why?

2011-06-10 Thread Kazunari Hirano
Hi Kevin and Allen, Thanks! I see ! podling is an Apache's coinage. It means a project in the incubation stage. Very clear. Now I can tell my Japanese friends all about OpenOffice.org going into ASF :) I was looking for podle in my dictionary but I couldn't find it, it's natural :) pod -

Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-10 Thread Simon Brouwer
Hi Malte, great to have you on board :) Best regards Simon Op 10-6-2011 18:16, Malte Timmermann schreef: Hi, my name is Malte Timmermann, and I work on the code base of OpenOffice.org since 1991 - almost from the beginning. It started with StarDivision, later acquired by Sun, later

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Mark Struberg
I think we should give it a try. +1 (binding) LieGrue, strub PS: I fear there is a misunderstanding regarding binding vs non-binding votes. Binding votes can only be cast by a IncubatorPMC member [1]. But of course, also non-binding +1 are welcome ;) [1]

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Alexandro Colorado
+1 On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 11:02 AM, Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net wrote: *** Please change your Subject: line for any [DISCUSSION] of this [VOTE] As the discussions on the OpenOfficeProposal threads seem to be winding down, I would like to initiate the vote to accept OpenOffice.org as an

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Kevan Miller
On Jun 10, 2011, at 12:02 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: As the discussions on the OpenOfficeProposal threads seem to be winding down, I would like to initiate the vote to accept OpenOffice.org as an Apache Incubator project. At the end of this mail, I've put a copy of the current proposal. Here

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Daniel Shahaf
Mark Struberg wrote on Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 23:09:21 +0100: PS: I fear there is a misunderstanding regarding binding vs non-binding votes. Binding votes can only be cast by a IncubatorPMC member [1]. But of course, also non-binding +1 are welcome ;) I'm going to be less roundabout:

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Carl Marcum
+1 (non-binding) Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation Best regards, Carl - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Ate Douma
+1 (binding) Ate - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org

Re: OpenOffice.org dependencies at runtime. was: Re: OO/LO License + Why LO needs the AFL 2.0 to exist (quickly)

2011-06-10 Thread Andrea Pescetti
On 05/06/2011 Nick Kew wrote: On 5 Jun 2011, at 09:25, eric b wrote: Apologies, the most up to date information is here : http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/External/Modules Thanks for that. Looks like there's some LGPL stuff but no strong copyleft. Most dictionaries are missing from

Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-10 Thread Simon Brouwer
Hi all, My name is Simon Brouwer. For my profession, I develop electronics and firmware for auto-ID equipment such as hand-held data collection terminals. In my free time I have been active in OpenOffice.org since 2001 and have been project lead of the Dutch native-lang subproject since its

Re: Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-10 Thread Kazunari Hirano
Hi Rob, Thanks. But as you know, translation is only one part of localization.  I hope that with your participation, and with help from RedOffice experts who have joined this project, that we can further improve the CJK support in OOo. You are right! This is what I would like to help

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread James Kosin
On 2:59 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: Please cast your votes: [ ] +1 Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation [ ] +0 Indifferent to OpenOffice.org incubation [ ] -1 Reject OpenOffice.org for incubation This vote will close 72 hours from now. +1 Glad and Good Luck! not sure if I'm binding or not

Re: Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Sanjiva Weerawarana
I have been active before :). So the vote is binding. Sanjiva. On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:42 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wr...@rowe-clan.netwrote: On 6/10/2011 12:04 PM, Sanjiva Weerawarana wrote: (Officially I'm on the incubator PMC I believe but I have not been active .. so lets chalk

Re: [DISCUSSION] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Keith Curtis
Maybe the people from LibreOffice are not voting against because, even though they believe there could have been better solutions, given the current situation they prefer that OOo is approved as a podling: see http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.documentfoundation.discuss/5824 for a more

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread ant elder
I'm an Incubator PMC member so have a binding vote, but I'm also an IBM employee, on this vote I abstain. ...ant On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net wrote: *** Please change your Subject: line for any [DISCUSSION] of this [VOTE] As the discussions on the

Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread Julien Vermillard
+1 (binding) On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 6:44 AM, ant elder ant.el...@gmail.com wrote: I'm an Incubator PMC member so have a binding vote, but I'm also an IBM employee, on this vote I abstain.   ...ant On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net wrote: *** Please change