Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-12-20 Thread eric b
Hi, Le 19 déc. 11 à 20:40, Simon Phipps a écrit : As Graham keeps hinting, treating this as a strength seems to be both the right marketing policy and a great opportunity to move beyond past hurts. Your patches are welcome :-) Regards, Eric Bachard -- qɔᴉɹə Projet OOo4Kids :

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-12-19 Thread Michael Meeks
Hi Pedro, On Sat, 2011-12-17 at 16:38 -0800, Pedro Giffuni wrote: And it's usually so much easier to take. Steve jobs had a famous quote about that that I don't remember very well ;-). But wait, did I confuse you with the chap who suggested that Apple's non-contribution back to

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-12-19 Thread Pedro Giffuni
--- Lun 19/12/11, Michael Meeks michael.me...@suse.com ha scritto: Hi Pedro, On Mon, 2011-12-19 at 06:32 -0800, Pedro Giffuni wrote: I'd prefer to see myself as part of the freedom loving, non-corporate dominated group of hackers having fun. And that's fine because you are not

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-12-19 Thread Jürgen Schmidt
On 12/17/11 4:44 PM, Simon Phipps wrote: Surely that's just a matter of fact, though? When AOO makes a new release, it will be a different codebase under a different brand, so on both charts would show as a new block. why do you think that it is a different code base? It is exactly the code

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-12-19 Thread Michael Meeks
On Mon, 2011-12-19 at 08:40 -0800, Pedro Giffuni wrote: Please don't take anything personally. I just find it amusing that your signature says you are a pseudo-engineer, Ah ! fair cop :-) that's so people don't take me too seriously, and hopefully a good reminder to not take myself so;

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-12-19 Thread Simon Phipps
On 19 Dec 2011, at 16:56, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: On 12/17/11 4:44 PM, Simon Phipps wrote: Surely that's just a matter of fact, though? When AOO makes a new release, it will be a different codebase under a different brand, so on both charts would show as a new block. why do you think that

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-12-18 Thread Norbert Thiebaud
On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 6:38 PM, Pedro Giffuni p...@apache.org wrote: --- Sab 17/12/11, Michael Meeks ha scritto:     Sure - if it is easier for us to include an existing feature, under an acceptable license into LibreOffice why would we bother re-writing it ? conversely if it is easier

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-12-18 Thread Pedro Giffuni
--- Dom 18/12/11, Norbert Thiebaud nthieb...@gmail.com ha scritto: ... On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 6:38 PM, Pedro Giffuni p...@apache.org wrote: --- Sab 17/12/11, Michael Meeks ha scritto:     Sure - if it is easier for us to include an existing feature, under an acceptable license

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-12-18 Thread Andrea Pescetti
On 17/12/2011 eric b wrote: the french version pretends Apache OpenOffice.org ( http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org ) is a fork We probably should take an eye on the Italian and the German versions. The Italian one has a terse but accurate description. Regards, Andrea.

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-12-17 Thread Simon Phipps
On 17 Dec 2011, at 01:29, Ross Gardler wrote: On 15 November 2011 22:47, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: http://www.robweir.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/oo-forks.png Rob. I might need to reuse this, can I assume it is OK to do so. I don't plan to edit it in any way, just rename

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-12-17 Thread Rob Weir
On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Simon Phipps si...@webmink.com wrote: On 17 Dec 2011, at 01:29, Ross Gardler wrote: On 15 November 2011 22:47, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: http://www.robweir.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/oo-forks.png Rob. I might need to reuse this, can I

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-12-17 Thread Ross Gardler
Thanks Simon, unfortunately the representation here, indicating the date of the last release as the end of the line (literally) is not really the message I'm after. Sent from my mobile device, please forgive errors and brevity. On Dec 17, 2011 2:40 PM, Simon Phipps si...@webmink.com wrote: On

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-12-17 Thread Simon Phipps
Surely that's just a matter of fact, though? When AOO makes a new release, it will be a different codebase under a different brand, so on both charts would show as a new block. Michael's has the advantage that it shows the relative adoption of the various lines, something that Rob's (by including

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-12-17 Thread Ross Gardler
On 17 December 2011 15:44, Simon Phipps si...@webmink.com wrote: Michael's has the advantage that it shows the relative adoption of the various lines, something that Rob's (by including every possible variant regardless of relevance) tends to hide. It's not the relative adoption I want to

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-12-17 Thread Simon Phipps
On Dec 17, 2011 4:13 PM, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: It's not the relative adoption I want to show. If I did want that then Michaels would indeed be a better document). What do you want to show? Maybe one of us can help by coming up with a suitable graphical representation

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-12-17 Thread Ross Gardler
Sent from my mobile device, please forgive errors and brevity. On Dec 17, 2011 5:09 PM, Simon Phipps si...@webmink.com wrote: On Dec 17, 2011 4:13 PM, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: It's not the relative adoption I want to show. If I did want that then Michaels would indeed

RE: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-12-17 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Does that include converters and commercial offerings that have embedded support for ODF consumption and production? (I suppose if Symphony is in that diagram, the answer is yes at least for embedded support.) - Dennis -Original Message- From: Ross Gardler

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-12-17 Thread Simon Phipps
On Dec 17, 2011 5:25 PM, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: I'm looking for something that shows diversity in the open document format ecosystem. Ah, OK. Rob's chart is unsuitable for that, as he only shows projects that have rebranded or reused OpenOffice.org at some time in

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-12-17 Thread Ross Gardler
On 17 December 2011 19:25, Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.org wrote: Does that include converters and commercial offerings that have embedded support for ODF consumption and production?  (I suppose if Symphony is in that diagram, the answer is yes at least for embedded support.)

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-12-17 Thread Ross Gardler
On 17 December 2011 19:50, Simon Phipps si...@webmink.com wrote: On Dec 17, 2011 5:25 PM, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: I'm looking for something that shows diversity in the open document format ecosystem. Ah, OK. Rob's chart is unsuitable for that, as he only shows projects

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-12-17 Thread Rob Weir
On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: On 17 December 2011 19:25, Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.org wrote: Does that include converters and commercial offerings that have embedded support for ODF consumption and production?  (I suppose if

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-12-17 Thread Michael Meeks
Hi Rob, On Sat, 2011-12-17 at 09:49 -0500, Rob Weir wrote: Did you also see Michael Meeks' attempt to visualise this context? http://people.gnome.org/~michael/blog/2011-11-18-graphs.html ... What that chart fails to show is the family tree. it suggests that LibreOffice is something

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-12-17 Thread Ross Gardler
On 17 December 2011 22:01, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: On 17 December 2011 19:25, Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.org wrote: Does that include converters and commercial offerings that have embedded

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-12-17 Thread Ross Gardler
Lets not dive into another Us Vs Them argument, its not productive or necessary. Clearly Robs graphic is not suitable for my purpose, neither is Michaels. However, Simons suggestion of using the Wikipedia article is a good one. Ross

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-12-17 Thread eric b
Hi, Le 17 déc. 11 à 23:26, Ross Gardler a écrit : Lets not dive into another Us Vs Them argument, its not productive or necessary. Clearly Robs graphic is not suitable for my purpose, Well, it is not that bad. neither is Michaels. However, Simons suggestion of using the Wikipedia

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-12-17 Thread Ross Gardler
On 17 December 2011 22:50, eric b eric.bach...@free.fr wrote: Hi, Le 17 déc. 11 à 23:26, Ross Gardler a écrit : Lets not dive into another Us Vs Them argument, its not productive or necessary. Clearly Robs graphic is not suitable for my purpose, Well, it is not that bad. No it is not,

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-12-17 Thread Kazunari Hirano
Hi Ross, It's interesting to browse wikipedia pages named http://xx.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org; Change xx to your favorite language code, for example, el, which makes http://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org; And you can not find Apache on the el page, can you? Now try:

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-12-17 Thread Pedro Giffuni
--- Sab 17/12/11, Michael Meeks ha scritto:     Sure - if it is easier for us to include an existing feature, under an acceptable license into LibreOffice why would we bother re-writing it ? conversely if it is easier to re-write, why not ? And it's usually so much easier to take.

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-12-16 Thread Ross Gardler
On 15 November 2011 22:47, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: http://www.robweir.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/oo-forks.png Rob. I might need to reuse this, can I assume it is OK to do so. I don't plan to edit it in any way, just rename it to oo-derivatives (or similar) and move to an

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-12-16 Thread Ross Gardler
On 15 November 2011 18:03, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Jim Jagielski j...@jagunet.com wrote: I have been mulling this over for a long time... Up to now, we have been reactionary. We have allowed others to control and distort the message, paint things

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-12-16 Thread Rob Weir
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 8:29 PM, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: On 15 November 2011 22:47, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: http://www.robweir.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/oo-forks.png Rob. I might need to reuse this, can I assume it is OK to do so. I don't plan to

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-12-16 Thread Rob Weir
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 8:34 PM, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: On 15 November 2011 18:03, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Jim Jagielski j...@jagunet.com wrote: I have been mulling this over for a long time... Up to now, we have been

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-28 Thread Kazunari Hirano
Hi Rob, On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 5:55 AM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: I have no idea.  But my impression was that Oracle was not withholding any relevant trademarks or domain names from us. Thanks. We will get concrete answers later some day I hope :) Thanks, khirano

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-28 Thread Kazunari Hirano
Hi Jim, On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 2:46 AM, Jim Jagielski j...@jagunet.com wrote: I think it's time that an Open Letter to the entire Open Office ecosystem (companies, entities, individuals, etc...) be drafted that sets the record straight. And I volunteer to drive this task... When you draft

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-28 Thread Ross Gardler
Sent from my mobile device, please forgive errors and brevity. On Nov 28, 2011 8:05 AM, Kazunari Hirano khir...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Rob, On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 5:55 AM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: I have no idea. But my impression was that Oracle was not withholding any relevant

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-28 Thread Kazunari Hirano
Hi Ross, On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 5:42 PM, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: A question to tradema...@apache.org will yield an answer quickly if anyone needs to know. Thanks. I will subscribe tradema...@apache.org and post my question.

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-28 Thread Rob Weir
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 3:57 AM, Kazunari Hirano khir...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Ross, On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 5:42 PM, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: A question to tradema...@apache.org will yield an answer quickly if anyone needs to know. Thanks.  I will subscribe

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-28 Thread Kazunari Hirano
Hi Rob, Thanks. On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: If you are looking for permission to use the trademarks, then you should follow the instructions here: http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/trademarks.html The PPMC approves first, and then sends to

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-27 Thread Rob Weir
2011/11/26 Kazunari Hirano khir...@gmail.com: Hi Rob, Thanks. On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 9:44 PM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: Maybe think of it this way;  Kentucky Fried Chicken decided to rebrand itself as KFC because the wanted to deemphasize the fried part, for modern

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-26 Thread Kazunari Hirano
Hi Rob, Thanks. On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 9:44 PM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: Maybe think of it this way; Kentucky Fried Chicken decided to rebrand itself as KFC because the wanted to deemphasize the fried part, for modern health-conscious consumers. But that doesn't meant that

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-22 Thread Kazunari Hirano
Hi Shane, Jim and all, Thanks. On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 2:41 AM, Jim Jagielski j...@jagunet.com wrote: On Nov 17, 2011, at 7:24 AM, Kazunari Hirano wrote: If we (Apache) use OpenOffice as product name and Apache OpenOffice as project name, then we can give Team OOo the OpenOffice.org brand

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-22 Thread Rob Weir
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 6:03 AM, Kazunari Hirano khir...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Shane, Jim and all, Thanks. On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 2:41 AM, Jim Jagielski j...@jagunet.com wrote: On Nov 17, 2011, at 7:24 AM, Kazunari Hirano wrote: If we (Apache) use OpenOffice as product name and Apache

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-21 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Nov 17, 2011, at 7:24 AM, Kazunari Hirano wrote: If we (Apache) use OpenOffice as product name and Apache OpenOffice as project name, then we can give Team OOo the OpenOffice.org brand and trademark? Why would we want to? You don't reward bad behavior so even if the ASF did want to

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-18 Thread Martin Hollmichel
On 11/17/11 7:15 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: Both Stefan and Martin have iCLAs on file. Both signed up on the Incubator Proposal as Initial Committers. Stefan completed the process to be established as a committer. He is also eligible to be on the PPMC. I thought I did also, but maybe I

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-17 Thread Dave Fisher
Martin, On Nov 16, 2011, at 11:51 PM, Dave Fisher wrote: On Nov 16, 2011, at 12:39 PM, Shane Curcuru wrote: On 2011-11-16 3:26 PM, Pedro Giffuni wrote: Hi Martin; --- On Wed, 11/16/11, Martin Hollmichel wrote: ... On 11/16/11 6:33 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: On 16 November 2011 16:56,

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-17 Thread Donald Harbison
On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 3:17 AM, Dave Fisher dave2w...@comcast.net wrote: Martin, On Nov 16, 2011, at 11:51 PM, Dave Fisher wrote: On Nov 16, 2011, at 12:39 PM, Shane Curcuru wrote: On 2011-11-16 3:26 PM, Pedro Giffuni wrote: Hi Martin; --- On Wed, 11/16/11, Martin Hollmichel

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-17 Thread Kazunari Hirano
Hi all, On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Donald Harbison dpharbi...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 3:17 AM, Dave Fisher dave2w...@comcast.net wrote: Martin, On Nov 16, 2011, at 11:51 PM, Dave Fisher wrote: On Nov 16, 2011, at 12:39 PM, Shane Curcuru wrote: On 2011-11-16

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-17 Thread Tim Williams
On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 2:51 AM, Dave Fisher dave2w...@comcast.net wrote: On Nov 16, 2011, at 12:39 PM, Shane Curcuru wrote: On 2011-11-16 3:26 PM, Pedro Giffuni wrote: Hi Martin; --- On Wed, 11/16/11, Martin Hollmichel wrote: ... On 11/16/11 6:33 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: On 16 November

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-17 Thread Donald Harbison
On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 7:24 AM, Kazunari Hirano khir...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Donald Harbison dpharbi...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 3:17 AM, Dave Fisher dave2w...@comcast.net wrote: Martin, On Nov 16, 2011, at 11:51 PM, Dave Fisher

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-17 Thread Rob Weir
On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 7:24 AM, Kazunari Hirano khir...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Donald Harbison dpharbi...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 3:17 AM, Dave Fisher dave2w...@comcast.net wrote: Martin, On Nov 16, 2011, at 11:51 PM, Dave Fisher wrote:

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-17 Thread Shane Curcuru
On 2011-11-17 7:24 AM, Kazunari Hirano wrote: ...snip... If we (Apache) use OpenOffice as product name and Apache OpenOffice as project name, then we can give Team OOo the OpenOffice.org brand and trademark? No, the ASF will not do that. - Shane, VP, Brand Management

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-17 Thread Kazunari Hirano
Hi Rob and all, On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 10:23 PM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: I don't think so.  Part of protecting a brand is to prevent confusing similarity.,  For example, we could not go out and sell soft drinks under the name Coca-Cola.org or pizza under the name Pizza Hut.net. I

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-17 Thread Rob Weir
On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Kazunari Hirano khir...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Rob and all, On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 10:23 PM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: I don't think so.  Part of protecting a brand is to prevent confusing similarity.,  For example, we could not go out and sell soft

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-17 Thread Stefan Taxhet
Hi, Am 17.11.2011 08:51, schrieb Dave Fisher: What is difficult for me to understand is that both Stefan Taxhet and Martin Hollmichel signed up as Initial Committers to the Apache project, but have never signed an iCLA. Martin and I sent signed iCLAs to secretary@ Is there a page where

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-17 Thread Dave Fisher
On Nov 17, 2011, at 4:30 AM, Tim Williams wrote: On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 2:51 AM, Dave Fisher dave2w...@comcast.net wrote: On Nov 16, 2011, at 12:39 PM, Shane Curcuru wrote: On 2011-11-16 3:26 PM, Pedro Giffuni wrote: Hi Martin; --- On Wed, 11/16/11, Martin Hollmichel wrote: ... On

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-17 Thread Kazunari Hirano
Hi Rob and all, On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 11:02 PM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: And that is fine.   A trademark is for a particular category of product.  The Japanese trademark is not for personal productivity applications.  It is possible for the same name to be used in different

RE: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-17 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Both Stefan and Martin have iCLAs on file. Both signed up on the Incubator Proposal as Initial Committers. Stefan completed the process to be established as a committer. He is also eligible to be on the PPMC. Communication and administrative delays, sometimes mine, often arise in the

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-16 Thread Donald Harbison
On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 5:31 AM, Martin Hollmichel martin.hollmic...@googlemail.com wrote: On 11/15/11 6:46 PM, Jim Jagielski wrote: I have been mulling this over for a long time... Up to now, we have been reactionary. We have allowed others to control and distort the message, paint things

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-16 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Nov 15, 2011, at 3:57 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: On 15 November 2011 18:31, Jim Jagielski j...@jagunet.com wrote: Why the AL is important for such a standard such as Open Office and ODF; Hey, we can even quote Stallman there. I'm not sure I'm +1 on an open letter or not. I certainly

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-16 Thread Ian Lynch
On 16 November 2011 12:42, Jim Jagielski j...@jagunet.com wrote: On Nov 15, 2011, at 3:57 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: On 15 November 2011 18:31, Jim Jagielski j...@jagunet.com wrote: Why the AL is important for such a standard such as Open Office and ODF; Hey, we can even quote Stallman

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-16 Thread Martin Hollmichel
On 11/16/11 1:15 PM, Donald Harbison wrote: On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 5:31 AM, Martin Hollmichel martin.hollmic...@googlemail.com wrote: On 11/15/11 6:46 PM, Jim Jagielski wrote: I have been mulling this over for a long time... Up to now, we have been reactionary. We have allowed others to

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-16 Thread Pedro Giffuni
Hi Martin; --- On Wed, 11/16/11, Martin Hollmichel wrote: ... On 11/16/11 6:33 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: On 16 November 2011 16:56, Martin Hollmichel martin.hollmic...@googlemail.com  wrote: ... What kind of a release are you talking about. OOo releases can only be made from the

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-16 Thread Shane Curcuru
On 2011-11-16 3:26 PM, Pedro Giffuni wrote: Hi Martin; --- On Wed, 11/16/11, Martin Hollmichel wrote: ... On 11/16/11 6:33 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: On 16 November 2011 16:56, Martin Hollmichel martin.hollmic...@googlemail.com wrote: ... What kind of a release are you talking about. OOo

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-16 Thread Shane Curcuru
I just want to make one observation that is critical to understanding how Apache projects work: On 2011-11-16 11:56 AM, Martin Hollmichel wrote: ...snip... The coding work we've done in the 3.3.1 is about some security and bugfixing issues, Martin I would strongly urge everyone here to read

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-16 Thread Dave Fisher
On Nov 16, 2011, at 12:39 PM, Shane Curcuru wrote: On 2011-11-16 3:26 PM, Pedro Giffuni wrote: Hi Martin; --- On Wed, 11/16/11, Martin Hollmichel wrote: ... On 11/16/11 6:33 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: On 16 November 2011 16:56, Martin Hollmichel martin.hollmic...@googlemail.com wrote:

Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-15 Thread Jim Jagielski
I have been mulling this over for a long time... Up to now, we have been reactionary. We have allowed others to control and distort the message, paint things as a us vs. them battle (simply to position themselves for personal gain in the whole debacle), and foster FUD to the clear harm of the

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-15 Thread Simon Phipps
On 15 Nov 2011, at 09:46, Jim Jagielski wrote: I have been mulling this over for a long time... Up to now, we have been reactionary. We have allowed others to control and distort the message, paint things as a us vs. them battle (simply to position themselves for personal gain in the

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-15 Thread Rob Weir
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Jim Jagielski j...@jagunet.com wrote: I have been mulling this over for a long time... Up to now, we have been reactionary. We have allowed others to control and distort the message, paint things as a us vs. them battle (simply to position themselves for

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-15 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Nov 15, 2011, at 1:02 PM, Simon Phipps wrote: Who are your targets, Jim? I believe I mentioned them in the original post... In summary: the entire Open Office ecosystem.

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-15 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Nov 15, 2011, at 1:03 PM, Rob Weir wrote: On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Jim Jagielski j...@jagunet.com wrote: I have been mulling this over for a long time... Up to now, we have been reactionary. We have allowed others to control and distort the message, paint things as a us vs.

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-15 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Jim, I'd be happy to help draft this and promote it. As you may know, I've been wanting to send such a letter, anyway, and have independently been making efforts to communicate to the ecosystems (note plural). Further, as I was fairly instrumental in setting many of these up and certainly in

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-15 Thread Christian Grobmeier
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 7:26 PM, Jim Jagielski j...@jagunet.com wrote: On Nov 15, 2011, at 1:02 PM, Simon Phipps wrote: Who are your targets, Jim? I believe I mentioned them in the original post... In summary: the entire Open Office ecosystem. I think we must show ooo power by doing

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-15 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi, On 15 November 2011 13:31, Jim Jagielski j...@jagunet.com wrote: Partly, I can see a number of FUDisms to address. Like there are only 2 main players within the Open Office ecosystem (Apache and TDF) and that people need to choose between one or the other; that the various versions

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-15 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Nov 15, 2011, at 1:30 PM, Christian Grobmeier wrote: On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 7:26 PM, Jim Jagielski j...@jagunet.com wrote: On Nov 15, 2011, at 1:02 PM, Simon Phipps wrote: Who are your targets, Jim? I believe I mentioned them in the original post... In summary: the entire Open

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-15 Thread Rob Weir
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Christian Grobmeier grobme...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 7:26 PM, Jim Jagielski j...@jagunet.com wrote: On Nov 15, 2011, at 1:02 PM, Simon Phipps wrote: Who are your targets, Jim? I believe I mentioned them in the original post... In summary:

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-15 Thread Alexandro Colorado
is always a good idea to have a constant message with the public. also from a recruiting point of view. i would suggest to highlight the trully openness of the project and also the engineering tasks that we are aiming. i think the community has also grown and is time to start communicate its

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-15 Thread Dave Fisher
Louis, On Nov 15, 2011, at 10:37 AM, Louis Suárez-Potts wrote: Jim, I'd be happy to help draft this and promote it. As you may know, I've been wanting to send such a letter, anyway, and have independently been making efforts to communicate to the ecosystems (note plural). Further, as I

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-15 Thread Alexandro Colorado
great but we need to get more people from NLCs and forums and others involved. On 11/15/11, Jim Jagielski j...@jagunet.com wrote: On Nov 15, 2011, at 1:02 PM, Simon Phipps wrote: Who are your targets, Jim? I believe I mentioned them in the original post... In summary: the entire Open

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-15 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi, On 15 November 2011 14:38, Dave Fisher dave2w...@comcast.net wrote: Louis, On Nov 15, 2011, at 10:37 AM, Louis Suárez-Potts wrote: Jim, I'd be happy to help draft this and promote it. As you may know, I've been wanting to send such a letter, anyway, and have independently been

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-15 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
On 15 November 2011 14:41, Alexandro Colorado j...@openoffice.org wrote: great but we need to get more people from NLCs and forums and others involved. Then let's do what we did before, and start with the flakes left over from the avalanche and once again build a true and open community. Keep

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-15 Thread Ian Lynch
On 15 November 2011 19:58, Louis Suárez-Potts lsuarezpo...@gmail.comwrote: On 15 November 2011 14:41, Alexandro Colorado j...@openoffice.org wrote: great but we need to get more people from NLCs and forums and others involved. Then let's do what we did before, and start with the flakes left

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-15 Thread Ross Gardler
On 15 November 2011 18:31, Jim Jagielski j...@jagunet.com wrote: Why the AL is important for such a standard such as Open Office and ODF; Hey, we can even quote Stallman there. I'm not sure I'm +1 on an open letter or not. I certainly like Rob's manifesto/top ten type idea. I'm not sure we

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-15 Thread Danese Cooper
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.comwrote: On 15 November 2011 18:31, Jim Jagielski j...@jagunet.com wrote: Why the AL is important for such a standard such as Open Office and ODF; Hey, we can even quote Stallman there. I'm not sure I'm +1 on an open

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-15 Thread Ross Gardler
On 15 November 2011 21:03, Danese Cooper dan...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.comwrote: On 15 November 2011 18:31, Jim Jagielski j...@jagunet.com wrote: Why the AL is important for such a standard such as Open Office and ODF; Hey,

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-15 Thread Rob Weir
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Jim Jagielski j...@jagunet.com wrote: On Nov 15, 2011, at 1:03 PM, Rob Weir wrote: On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Jim Jagielski j...@jagunet.com wrote: I have been mulling this over for a long time... Up to now, we have been reactionary. We have allowed