Hi, Unfortunately I have not been one of the "FarsiWeb people" for three years now, although I am proud to have ever worked with the team. My work for OpenOffice was voluntary although I benefited from the expertise within FarsiWeb and the OO.o community at the time.
It is unfortunate if Meelad has been less than responsive, and I can't be held responsible for his actions. All I can say that FarsiWeb always had an open and inclusive approach to contribution from volunteers. Thanks Charlse, and I do believe Hossein and I could and should work together as well as with the other volunteers. I am already looking forward to it. Bests, Farzaneh (not Mrs.) On 26 November 2010 17:16, Charles-H. Schulz < charles.sch...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: > Hello Hossein, > > Perhaps you could work together? I believe the Persian Native-Language > Project of OpenOffice.org led by Farsiweb was the first native-lang > community to support LibreOffice the very day of its opening :-) > > Also we do tend to acknowledge past contributions in the OpenOffice.org > project. > > Pootle Admins: > I would strongly suggest Farzaneh gets her Pootle > account. > > Best, > Charles. > > Le Fri, 26 Nov 2010 20:26:20 +0330, > Hossein Noorikhah <hossein...@gmail.com> a écrit : > > > Hi, > > > > Thanks for your attention, but I'm really against giving the > > coordination of this project to Mrs. Sarafraz and FarsiWeb Inc., the > > company that took over fa.openoffice.org and did nothing within 6 > > years, from 2005 until now, near end of 2010. > > > > Some time in 2005, Meelad Zakaria, a member of Farsiweb ltd. > > requested for adding Persian locale for OpenOffice. > > http://native-lang.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=dev&msgNo=4443 > > I asked Meelad to add me to the project, so I could contribute in > > localizing OpenOffice.org, About 1 month after receiving my message, > > he just added me as an observer. I sent him other messages regarding > > the status of the project, and I asked him "what he'll do", but I > > couldn't get an appropriate answer from him. After a lot of effort, > > and warnings from OpenOffice guys because of locking the project, he > > added me as a developer. > > > > Some time later, I saw the Persian localized version of Linux from > > Farsiweb ltd. that contained Persian OpenOffice.org. > > http://www.farsiweb.ir/wiki/Main_Page > > It seems that Meelad registered as the project leader of > > OpenOffice.org, and then stopped the job, because they wanted their > > Persian version of OpenOffice.org to be unique. > > Now, after about 6 years, you see no progress in the project. > > > > After that, I decided to devote my time on fixing i18n bugs (my > > username is "h15n" there), and I think my efforts was helpful for > > OO.o users. Fixing problems with justified Persian > > text<http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=28203>, > > and including context shaping of > > numbers<http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=98418>, > > was vital for the real world usage of OpenOffice, and I'm happy to > > continue spending my time on > > it<http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=100940>. Please > > tell me one useful thing that FarsiWeb did during past 6 years, > > rather than locking the project? > > > > Please note that farsilinux.ir is not a personal website. I > > registered this domain, for the sole purpose of localization of open > > source software, including LibreOffice. Please don't point to > > fa.openoffice.org, as it's just a 2 page Persian translation of some > > pages from English OOo which was copied after a lot of questions > > raised about FarsiWeb policies. Copying those 2 pages won't take a > > lot of time. > > > > I don't want to continue this talk, but if it's needed, I can forward > > my communications with guys at OpenOffice.org for further insight on > > FarsiWeb policies against contribution of interested people. They > > just sign up as the project owner and disappear. > > > > I'm currently a PhD. candidate at computer department of Amirkabir > > University of Technonlogy <http://ceit.aut.ac.ir>, and I've spent > > many years on development of localized Persian software. Because of > > this, I think I can handle the coordination of this project. > > Furthermore, I have no plan to use my position as a way to gain > > financial benefits. In fact, I really care about this project, as > > I've spent a lot of time for it before. > > > > I've talked to some members of fa.openoffice.org before planing to be > > the coordinator of the Persian localization of LibreOffice and they > > are also against making FarsiWeb the coordinator. I've started > > working on farsilinux.ir, and I think soon we'll have a great place > > where we can welcome anyone (even FarsiWeb guys) who wants to > > contribute to LibreOffice. > > > > Hossein > > > > On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Farzaneh Sarafraz > > <farza...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > We already have a homepage at fa.openoffice.org. I also have a > > > local full recent backup of the data there. Thanks, Hossein for > > > showing interest in the > > > fa_IR project, but I think you should put a link to the page we > > > already have > > > rather than a non-existing external personal (?) page. > > > > > > I'll fix it for now until we move the page over to libreoffice. > > > > > > Farzaneh. > > > > > > -- > > > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to > > > l10n+h...@libreoffice.org <l10n%2bh...@libreoffice.org>< > l10n%2bh...@libreoffice.org <l10n%252bh...@libreoffice.org>> List > > > archive: http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/l10n/ *** All posts to > > > this list are publicly archived for eternity *** > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Charles-H. 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