On 5 June 2011 22:29, Joe Schaefer <joe_schae...@yahoo.com> wrote: > ----- Original Message ---- > > > From: Andy Brown <a...@the-martin-byrd.net> > > To: general@incubator.apache.org > > Sent: Sun, June 5, 2011 5:18:30 PM > > Subject: Questions for the cheap seats. > > > > Hi all. > > > > This is my fist post here, been lurking from day one. > > > > As a user I am trying to understand somethings that are going on here. > > > > 1: LibreOffice was forked due to the way OOo was being handled by > Sun/Oracle. > > > > 2: Last month, Oracle stated that OOo would be turned over to a > Foundation to > >run. > > > > 3: From indications, there had been some discussions between Oracle and > The > >Document Foundation. Not knowing what was said but it seems that they > could > >not work out the problems. > > > > 4: Oracle makes a donation to the Apache Software Foundation. > > > > Now with this comes some questions; > > > > 1: What will happen to OOo's code and trademark if the podling is not > >approved? > > Dunno. >
Guess - Stay and stagnate at Oracle or they go to another foundation/organisation that will accept them. Note that it is unknown but the risks are identifiable. If Oracle decides to give the code and trademarks to someone else it probably wouldn't be TDF although maybe they would who knows. They might give them to someone a lot less desirable than ASF though. > > 2: What will happen to OOo's code and trademark if the project does not > >graduate? > > Ditto. > > > 3: Since the transfer to the ASF is a grant, could the ASF transfer, > grant, to > >TDF? > > While transferring the trademark to a non-US entity is something a lawyer > would > probably > need to sort out for us, licensing it is a path we've been down before with > other ASF > marks. Things like an non-ASF operated conference like Hadoop World are > permitted by an > MOU between the parties. Roy or Larry might find a reason to object, but > off > the top of > my head I don't believe there's a substantial reason why we couldn't > license the > OOo > trademark to TDF if things don't work out at the ASF. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications (The Schools ITQ) www.theINGOTs.org +44 (0)1827 305940 The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales.
