I think we need to rewrite or remove the page. We can talk about the permissive AL.
We can suggest that people do their own research and/or seek their own counsel. We could even offer a google link. If we have a vote then here is my +1 to make a change as we should not be offering this type of advice. I write this as an Apache Member and AOO PMC. Rob if you think differently then you ought to be engaging other Apache Members in this discussion. Regards, Dave On Feb 19, 2015, at 11:12 AM, Marcus wrote: > I need to posting on the top because I don't know which one I should use as > every 3 minutes new postings are coming. Sorry. > > > > As it is still not clear if we discuss about that the content is too > aggressive or just the disclaimer is too unclear, I've moved the disclaimer > to the top, made it red and used Jan's wording as template to make it > hopefully clear what it is. > > At least for the moment, the intension about the page should be clear now. > > But the following is still not clear. Unless it is not clarified IMHO we are > discussing in circles: > > - Who is it that do not like the content? > - How many people do we speak about since the webpage is online? > - Which text parts are exacly wrong or just badly described? > > Thanks > > Marcus > > > > Am 02/19/2015 04:10 PM, schrieb jan i: >> Hi. >> >> We have a page http://www.openoffice.org/why/why_compliance.html which >> seems to be like a red carpet to a number of people. >> >> There are of course people who do not like the page because they would like >> another license to have the headline, they are not my concern (as long as >> the page we produce are correct). >> >> There are also people (myself included) that feel this page can too easily >> be misread as expressing the view of ASF and AOO. >> >> The page has lately been changed and among other a line at the bottom has >> been added: >> " >> >> *The Apache Software Foundation does not take a position on, recommend or >> advise the use or non-use of any particular software license or family of >> licenses."* >> Surely that is enough in legal terms indicate that the page is the opinion >> of somebody not ASF. But for many they see this as the normal disclaimer >> and being on the bottom many do not even read it. >> >> We as a project cannot and should not speak on behalf of ASF, nor should we >> have web pages that causes longer negative discussions (I cannot refer to >> the mails on private@ and elsewhere, but only say that lately we talk about >> a lot of mails). >> >> I, as PMC member, do not see the need for a page that causes this kind of >> discussions, and would prefer to see it removed....however a statement on >> top of the page saying something like: >> "This page do not reflect the opinion of ASF or the AOO PMC" >> would at least stop the negative discussions. >> >> >> Thoughts? > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
