On Sun, 2011-06-19 at 04:20 -0400, Marc Paré wrote:

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>and also ... As 
> pointed out by Andrea, I too would be in favour of expressing our 
> (LibreOffice) commitment to ONLY offering those extensions and templates 
> authored under a permissive license. We should point this out on 
> extensions/templates' front page. We could use the statement that 
> already appears on that page[1] that I find quite appropriate and 
> incorporate our commitment:


> "LibreOffice offers a wide variety of features, but in some cases, you 
> may need another functionality that is currently not available inside 
> LibreOffice. Extensions and templates may offer you this added 
> functionality. On this site, we will collect a wide range of extensions 
> and templates to satisfy your needs.
> 
> LibreOffice extensions are tools that can be added or removed 
> independently from your installation of the main program. Extensions may 
> add new functionality to your copy of LibreOffice, or may make existing 
> functionality easier to use.
> 
> LibreOffice templates offer you a way to avoid duplicating repetitive 
> actions when creating new text documents, spreadsheets, or 
> presentations. They also offer a way to maintain consistency of document 
> layout and standard content, and may, for example, be used to maintain 
> consistent branding elements when used in a work place.
> 
> LibreOffice remains committed to providing users with quality software 
> authored under permissive licensing, and, as such, our catalogue of 
> extensions and templates are published under permissive licensing. 
> Contributions to the catalogue are welcome. "

Thanks Marc, it looks really good.

//drew


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