Cmon Jim, he wrote a lengthy monologue which spelled out his position. As I read it, we could license the OpenOffice trademark to the Document Foundation for, as Simon put it, "business as usual" distributions. If we wanted to we could specify a time/date/event upon which that license terminates, and the "new" stuff going on at the ASF would be distributing code under the mark.
----- Original Message ---- > From: Jim Jagielski <j...@jagunet.com> > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Sent: Fri, June 3, 2011 1:58:51 PM > Subject: Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community? > > > On Jun 3, 2011, at 1:36 PM, Simon Phipps wrote: > > > > > On 3 Jun 2011, at 17:52, Ian Lynch wrote: > > > >> Hi Florian, > >> > >> > >>> I do see with great concern is the need for a second project to be set-up > >>> at Apache or any other entity. > >>> > >> > >> Thing is that this is done, Oracle didn't and won't now give the IP to any > >> other foundation. So we are where we are. > > > > We may be where we are, but we collectively have the opportunity to >collaborate once Oracle has gone - that's what "open" means. "My way or the >highway" talk - from any side - is detestable. ASF has the opportunity to >reject the bait to head down the path of ideological conflict, choose a >conciliatory path that respects the existing community and especially to use >the trademark (which is the only actual asset being transferred) for >everyone's >good. > > > > Let's be honest: by "collaborate" you mean have the ASF simply > xfer the code and the trademark to TDF and walk away... At least, > that is the strong impression you give. Please correct me if I'm > wrong. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
