All cool :)
________________________________ From: Simon Phipps <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, 30 June, 2011 13:32:14 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] inconsistent boilerplate 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 > > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
