2013/6/21 Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> > On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 10:56 AM, RA Stehmann > <anw...@rechtsanwalt-stehmann.de> wrote: > > Hi Rob, > > > > I can understand your concerns, but they aren't drasticly. > > > > I'm with you, that we have to make clear, the Box isn't a product of the > > ASF but distributed by the "Verein Freies Office Deutschland e.V..". > > > > But on the other hand the "Verein Freies Office Deutschland e.V.." isn't > > any old third party. > > > > We need to be fair. Treating one 3rd party special is not fair. >
+1. An exception never confirms a rule, an exception always break a rule. No matter if we are talking about an old and trusted friend, a third party is always a third party with the same rights and duties of all other third parties. > > > It's a charitable german entity supporting Free office software. It's > > still supporting Apache OpenOffice. The computer an the monitor at our > > Fosdem stand were provided by "Verein Freies Office Deutschland e.V..". > > > > Disclaimer: I'm no member of that club, but know persons who are. > > > > So IMO it's ok to put that news in the news line of the homepage, making > > clear, who's the distributor of that product. > > > > I'd be much happier if the German community listened to what I am > saying and took steps to address the full issue. IMHO you need to add > a page that gives equal access to all 3rd party ports and > distributions, and not just favor a single one with a news > announcement. > > If you then give announcements of updates to these distributions, > whenever they occur, and do such announcements fairly, not for just a > single 3rd party, then this might be OK. So if you really want to > move this forward I'd highly recommend creating and maintaining a > German version of the porting page: > http://www.openoffice.org/porting/ > > +1 again. IMO, this is by far the best solution. All community members deserve the same respect. Regards Ricardo > -Rob > > > Regards > > Michael > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
