Re: Activation codes

2014-11-23 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 15:48:55 +0100 Andrea Pescetti wrote: > Rory O'Farrell wrote: > > If I may make one comment (as a native English speaker): "Activation > > codes" is perhaps an unhappy choice of words. > > That was simply the thread subject. What I am ta

Re: Activation codes

2014-11-23 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Rory O'Farrell wrote: If I may make one comment (as a native English speaker): "Activation codes" is perhaps an unhappy choice of words. That was simply the thread subject. What I am talking about here (i.e., packaging the installer in a way that is accepted by Windows and Mac

Re: Activation codes

2014-11-23 Thread Rory O'Farrell
> http://www.openoffice.org/download/checksums.html > > Regards, >Andrea. If I may make one comment (as a native English speaker): "Activation codes" is perhaps an unhappy choice of words. "Activation codes" normally indicates to a user that this is a code t

Re: Activation codes

2014-11-22 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Julian Thomas wrote: Will the OS X versions get rid of the need for overriding the safety switch? Short answer is yes, but please follow the dev list for details (there is an extra legal check needed before we can implement it on Mac). Regards, Andrea.

RE: Activation codes

2014-11-22 Thread chuck ef
ally want to do that. > Subject: Re: Activation codes > From: j...@jt-mj.net > Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 12:27:25 -0500 > To: users@openoffice.apache.org > > > > On Nov 22, 2014, at 09:13, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > > > > An update and a clarification: we expect

Re: Activation codes

2014-11-22 Thread Julian Thomas
> On Nov 22, 2014, at 09:13, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > > An update and a clarification: we expect to deliver signed binaries by the > end of 2014 (see dev list) and when I speak about "signed binaries", I mean > "signed binaries that Windows recognizes as such": all past versions of > Apache O

Re: Activation codes

2014-11-22 Thread Andrea Pescetti
On 16/11/2014 Andrea Pescetti wrote: The current OpenOffice 4.1.1 will probably be the last version where the Windows version is not signed. An update and a clarification: we expect to deliver signed binaries by the end of 2014 (see dev list) and when I speak about "signed binaries", I mean "

Re: Activation codes

2014-11-16 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Urmas wrote: All that could have been avoided if OpenOffice signed its binaries. But they are too cheap to do that simple step. We simply take it very seriously. You can find updates from October at https://blogs.apache.org/infra/entry/code_signing_service_now_available and you can expect conc

Re: Activation codes

2014-11-16 Thread Urmas
"Rosemarie Brisciana": I'm invited to spend 4.5 euros for a first activiation code, then another 4.5 euros for a second one. All that could have been avoided if OpenOffice signed its binaries. But they are too cheap to do that simple step. -

Re: Activation codes

2014-11-16 Thread James Knott
On 11/16/2014 04:59 AM, Rosemarie Brisciana wrote: > When I try to do so and am connected to an official page, I'm invited to > spend 4.5 euros for a first activiation code, You have downloaded it from somewhere other than www.openoffice.org. There are sites that charge for something that's free

Re: Activation codes

2014-11-16 Thread Rory O'Farrell
s I followed the procedure a third time and was "told" > that the update had been downloaded successfully. > >   > > What is happening with Open Office and why did I have to spend money for 2 > useless activation codes ? > >   > > Thanks for a quick a

Re: Activation codes

2014-11-16 Thread akkurtb
@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Activation codes Hello, As a great user in France of all the Open Office products, I am experiencing problems with the update, and am currently using the 4.1.0 edition. Every time I click to open or create a document, I'm invited to update to 4.1.1. When I try to

Activation codes

2014-11-16 Thread Rosemarie Brisciana
lations - and COSTS-, I still am at the 4.1.0 edition whereas I followed the procedure a third time and was "told" that the update had been downloaded successfully.   What is happening with Open Office and why did I have to spend money for 2 useless activation codes ?   Thanks fo