I tend to agree with your sentiment about StarOffice, but not for the
boilerplate. The one proposed here is about as long as it should be and I
support it.
{Terse? Mobile!}
On Jun 30, 2011 8:29 AM, "Tom Davies" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi :)
>
> I am happy with not mentioning Star Office but i still think that not
mentioning
> it misses an opportunity
> 1) to show how old and established LO really is
> 2) to show that forking can lead to success
> 3) that this latest break is not so unusual.
> Just as the break away from Star Office led OpenOffice into a new and far
more
> powerful position it implies the LibreOffice will similarly be able to
crank it
> up to the next level. It says that LibreOffice is likely to be to
OpenOffice
> what OpenOffice was/is to Star Office. To infinity and beyond!! It shows
the
> break in a far more positive way. However we definitely should not
over-play
> it. A discrete mention of the name in a list, as in
> "TDF will protect past investments by building on the achievements of the
first
> decade with OpenOffice.org (and Star Office before that), will encourage
wide
> participation within the community, and will co-ordinate activity across
the
> community."
>
> However, as i said, i'm happy either way and more to the point it's not my
> decision. I guess the sentence scans better without it.
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Marc Paré <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Thu, 30 June, 2011 10:11:45
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] inconsistent boilerplate
>
> Le 2011-06-30 04:47, Florian Effenberger a écrit :
>> Hello,
>>
>> thanks for the feedback!
>>
>> I too share the view that mentioning StarOffice will unnecessarily
>> complicate things, so we should leave it out.
>
> Well, OK, I don't think we need to make a big case of it. One last remark
though
> is that if we distance ourselves in this particular statement, then it
becomes
> odd to me that we make reference to it when explaining the beginnings of
the
> birth of LibreOffice. When asked about the origins of LibreOffice I
explain the
> birth of LibreOffice startomg from StarOffice to OOo. I think that this
approach
> has been used by many people.
>
>> Marc Paré wrote on 2011-06-24 23.48:
>>
>>> Should there also be mention of the type of licence we have adopted --
>>> opensource copy-left -- . Do we need to define ourselves from the
>>> version of the ASF opensource licence? This may be important for people
>>> who are looking into what is the difference between the TDF/LibreOffice
>>> and ASF versions of their office suite. IMO, I think we need to make
>>> this clear and also link our licence to the appropriate full description
>>> on the FSF site.
>> I'd be careful here. Long-term, TDF might not only be about LibreOffice,
>> so I would not focus too much on one specific license, who knows what
>> happens.
>>
>> I'll like to repeat Christoph's latest proposal - everyone agrees we can
>> adopt this?
>
> I am OK with this.
>
>> ==
>> The Document Foundation has the mission of facilitating the evolution of
>> the LibreOffice Community into a new, open, independent, and
>> meritocratic organization over the next few months. An independent
>> foundation is a better reflection of the values of our contributors,
>> users and supporters, and will enable a more effective, efficient and
>> transparent community. TDF will protect past investments by building on
>> the achievements of the first decade with OpenOffice.org, will encourage
>> wide participation within the community, and will co-ordinate activity
>> across the community.
>> ==
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Florian
>>
>
>
> -- Marc Paré
> http://www.parEntreprise.com
>
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