On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 9:57 AM, Dave Fisher <dave2w...@comcast.net> wrote:
> > On Jun 21, 2013, at 9:40 AM, Dr. Michael Stehmann wrote: > > > Am 21.06.2013 17:06, schrieb Rob Weir: > >> 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. > > > > Treating equal things unequal isn't fair, but it's also unfair treating > > unequal things equal. You have to make the decision, what's equal and > > whd what's unequa and in what aspect. That's the sense of "suum cuique > > tribuere". > > My recollection of the discussion was. > > (1) Have a 3rd party page. > > (2) Each language may have their own 3rd party page. > > (3) Each language can have their own news feed. > > (4) Each news item may link to a 3rd party page. > > Conclusion. > > DE page can have news about PrOOo and point to a link on the 3rd party > page. > > Do we all agree? > > Regards, > Dave > Could these points be placed in their own [PROPOSAL] thread so they could be discussed on their own? If we could do that and either vote, or at least have a consensus, I think it would be a good idea to further clarify this topic by adding a new "Web guidelines" page to the project site -- http://openoffice.apache.org/ > >> > >>> 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. > > > > see above. > > > > IMO you like to treat uneqal things equal. > > > > Making a page presenting third party products makes sense. > > > > But it don't makes sense, presenting all third party products in the > > news. And it makes IMO sense presenting the box there. > > > >> > >> 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/ > >> > > > > Doing one thing doesn't mean to drop another. > > > > Regards > > Michael > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "If you stick with a vision, it might not all work, but some of it will be absolute genius." -- Kim Cattrall