Re: [steering-discuss] About Membership Committee

2011-01-28 Thread David Nelson
Hi, :-) On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 20:45, Andre Schnabel wrote: > I'd guess sooner or later three MC members will not be enough to process > all the applications and review all types of activities. If you need a hand, please feel free to invite me. David Nelson -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mai

Re: [steering-discuss] SC Vote on first members of TDF

2011-01-28 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, Charles-H. Schulz wrote on 2011-01-28 16.51: 1) approve that people listed at http://www.documentfoundation.org/foundation/ are current members of TDF according to our ByLaws yes 2) approve Fridrich Strba as member of TDF yes Florian -- Florian Effenberger Stee

Re: [steering-discuss] About Membership Committee

2011-01-28 Thread Tom Davies
Or a lady from Mars if their chaps are anything like ours/us! From: Andre Schnabel To: steering-discuss@documentfoundation.org Sent: Fri, 28 January, 2011 12:45:24 Subject: Re: [steering-discuss] About Membership Committee Hi, > Von: David Nelson > > "assi

Re: [steering-discuss] Re: Trademark Policy of the Document Foundation

2011-01-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Even tho it is unenforceable i think it is good for us to state our wishes clearly like this to avoid situations where people set something up trying to be helpful but accidentally cause us problems. If/when it becomes enforceable then it would be best practice for us to attempt to solv

Re: [steering-discuss] SC Vote on first members of TDF

2011-01-28 Thread Tom Davies
I'm not a voting member but it all looks good to me, apart from being inquorate and these glitches are unavoidable sometimes. Many thanks to all of you for an excellent first release and an amazing job in setting up community systems so quickly! Congrats, thanks and regards from Tom :)

[steering-discuss] Re: SC Vote on first members of TDF

2011-01-28 Thread Italo Vignoli
On 1/28/11 4:51 PM, Charles-H. Schulz wrote: *** Steering Committee Members& their deputies only *** 1) approve that people listed at http://www.documentfoundation.org/foundation/ are current members of TDF according to our ByLaws YES 2) approve Fridrich Strba as member o

[steering-discuss] Re: Trademark Policy of the Document Foundation

2011-01-28 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 28/01/11 13:48, Michael Meeks a écrit : Hi, > Good point; 'business' is confusing, I switched it to company name to > make it more comprehensible: > > "Thus uses of the Marks in a domain name or company name without > explicit written permission from TDF are prohibited."

[steering-discuss] Re: Trademark Policy of the Document Foundation

2011-01-28 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 28/01/11 13:47, Michael Meeks a écrit : Hi Michael, > I suppose they need permission :-) > With the caveat of the "fair use" exception, which does not require permission. The notion of "fair use" varies from country to country. In some countries, you are even allowed to use registered

[steering-discuss] Re: Trademark Policy of the Document Foundation

2011-01-28 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 28/01/11 13:47, Michael Meeks a écrit : I might add that "non-commercial" use of a trademark is also, in some jurisdictions, not considered to be an activity that infringes a trademark holder's rights. One of the basic rules is whether there is a risk of confusion in the buying public's mind /

[steering-discuss] Re: SC Vote on first members of TDF

2011-01-28 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
*** Steering Committee Members& their deputies only *** 1) YES 2) YES -- Charles-H. Schulz Membre du Comité exécutif The Document Foundation. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to steering-discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/ste

[steering-discuss] SC Vote on first members of TDF

2011-01-28 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
*** Steering Committee Members & their deputies only *** As we haven't reached a quorum last night we need to decide for practical reasons on two specific questions. These questions relate to the formation of the Membership Committee. By decision of the SC we have appointed André Schnabel, Sophie

Re: [steering-discuss] Trademark Policy of the Document Foundation

2011-01-28 Thread Michael Meeks
Hi Andre, On Fri, 2011-01-21 at 17:37 +0100, André Schnabel wrote: > > "Thus uses of the Marks in a domain name, or business name > > without explicit written permission from TDF are prohibited." > > just to get this right: "business name" means name of a product, > service, company, or

Re: [steering-discuss] Trademark Policy of the Document Foundation

2011-01-28 Thread Michael Meeks
Hi Karl, On Fri, 2011-01-21 at 16:54 +0100, Karl-Heinz Gödderz wrote: > So what about all the sites built in best intentions to support > LibreOffice and that are not under the control of TDF. I suppose they need permission :-) > In the other way TDF gives his placet once and if the doma

Re: [steering-discuss] About Membership Committee

2011-01-28 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, > Von: David Nelson > > "assign one MC-member to each application who is in charge to review > the application (this should be based on the work area of the > applicant. e.g. Fridrich might review developer's applications, Sophi > UX, design, work in locale teams, André does l10n, QA, websi