Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-07 Thread Steve Loughran
On 06/02/2011 03:40 PM, robert_w...@us.ibm.com wrote: Florian Effenberger wrote on 06/02/2011 06:39:12 AM: This would not only be about reinventing the wheel, but also about splitting the community, leading to disadvantages for end-users, contributors, and enterprises. I'd like to challeng

Re: [tdf-discuss] How Close Is TDF...? [WAS Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HREUNITING the Community?]

2011-06-07 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Hello Jim, Le Tue, 7 Jun 2011 07:50:42 -0400, Jim Jagielski a écrit : > > On Jun 6, 2011, at 4:20 PM, Florian Effenberger wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Jim Jagielski wrote on 2011-06-06 22.13: > >> Good to see the list... Not knowing things for sure, but I > >> would guess that Oracle had issues w

Re: [tdf-discuss] How Close Is TDF...? [WAS Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HREUNITING the Community?]

2011-06-07 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Jun 6, 2011, at 4:20 PM, Florian Effenberger wrote: > Hi, > > Jim Jagielski wrote on 2011-06-06 22.13: >> Good to see the list... Not knowing things for sure, but I >> would guess that Oracle had issues with #3, which gave away >> (what I would expect to be) huge chunks of h/w infrastructure,

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HREUNITING the Community?

2011-06-06 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi Jim, Jim Jagielski wrote on 2011-06-06 22.20: I replied on the TDF ML about #3 which, from my reading (and from what I have been told by entities both within and outside of Oracle) requested the "infrastructure" which was later clarified to mean servers, various hardware, access to private Or

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HREUNITING the Community?

2011-06-06 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Jun 6, 2011, at 4:12 PM, Noel J. Bergman wrote: > Volker Merschmann wrote: > >>> I've been told that Oracle and TDF *were* in discussions but >>> that the demands by TDF were sufficiently unpalatable to Oracle >>> as to prevent any sort of agreement... IBM may have strongly >>> suggested the

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HREUNITING the Community?

2011-06-06 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Jun 6, 2011, at 4:11 PM, Simon Phipps wrote: > On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 9:08 PM, Jim Jagielski wrote: > >> >> On Jun 6, 2011, at 3:55 PM, Volker Merschmann wrote: >> >>> Hi Jim, all, >>> >>> 2011/6/4 Jim Jagielski : On Jun 4, 2011, at 10:28 AM, Greg Stein wrote: >

RE: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HREUNITING the Community?

2011-06-06 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Volker Merschmann wrote: > > I've been told that Oracle and TDF *were* in discussions but > > that the demands by TDF were sufficiently unpalatable to Oracle > > as to prevent any sort of agreement... IBM may have strongly > > suggested the ASF as a backup, but we were the runner-up in > > a sense

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HREUNITING the Community?

2011-06-06 Thread Simon Phipps
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 9:08 PM, Jim Jagielski wrote: > > On Jun 6, 2011, at 3:55 PM, Volker Merschmann wrote: > > > Hi Jim, all, > > > > 2011/6/4 Jim Jagielski : > >> > >> On Jun 4, 2011, at 10:28 AM, Greg Stein wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> Personally, I think Oracle's choice had more to do with IBM's

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HREUNITING the Community?

2011-06-06 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Jun 6, 2011, at 3:55 PM, Volker Merschmann wrote: > Hi Jim, all, > > 2011/6/4 Jim Jagielski : >> >> On Jun 4, 2011, at 10:28 AM, Greg Stein wrote: >> >>> >>> Personally, I think Oracle's choice had more to do with IBM's >>> recommendation, than taxes. >>> >> >> I've been told that Oracle

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HREUNITING the Community?

2011-06-06 Thread Volker Merschmann
Hi Jim, all, 2011/6/4 Jim Jagielski : > > On Jun 4, 2011, at 10:28 AM, Greg Stein wrote: > >> >> Personally, I think Oracle's choice had more to do with IBM's >> recommendation, than taxes. >> > > I've been told that Oracle and TDF *were* in discussions but > that the demands by TDF were sufficien

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HREUNITING the Community?

2011-06-06 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Kevin Lau wrote on 2011-06-06 15.35: -Can you help me to understand this "Simon posted one possible creative solution"? It seems the discussion is making progress. I like to think this is appropriate to be seen in "Initial source files (was: OpenOffice: were are we now?)" thread than her

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal

2011-06-06 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Jun 6, 2011, at 11:40 AM, toki wrote: > > ROTFLMAO > > At best, you are incredibly naive. Those policies will stop the > companies for all of one picosecond, if that long. > ladies and gentlemen, we have another troll... Please don't feed. ---

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal

2011-06-06 Thread Joe Schaefer
> From: toki > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Sent: Mon, June 6, 2011 11:40:41 AM > Subject: Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 06/06/2011 13:58, Joe Schaefer wrote: > > > Because Ap

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal

2011-06-06 Thread toki
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/06/2011 13:58, Joe Schaefer wrote: > Because Apache will own the brand, we can make access to the brand contingent on things like non-abuse of our OOo forums, among other things. ROTFLMAO At best, you are incredibly naive. Those policies will

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal

2011-06-06 Thread Joe Schaefer
ssage > From: Simon Phipps > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Sent: Mon, June 6, 2011 10:04:17 AM > Subject: Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal > > On Jun 6, 2011 2:58 PM, "Joe Schaefer" wrote: > > > > Because Apache will own the brand, we ca

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal

2011-06-06 Thread Simon Phipps
On Jun 6, 2011 2:58 PM, "Joe Schaefer" wrote: > > Because Apache will own the brand, we can make access to the brand > contingent on things like non-abuse of our OOo forums, among other > things. > > Carrots and sticks. Is Apache historically flexible in this area? I had the impression the tradem

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal

2011-06-06 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message > From: toki > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Sent: Mon, June 6, 2011 6:25:30 AM > Subject: Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 06/06/2011 08:02, Robert Burrell Do

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HREUNITING the Community?

2011-06-06 Thread Kevin Lau
Florian, >Yes, I see the licensing topic and that there are different views on that. However, I don't know if that >requires to set-up all community efforts a second time. Simon posted one possible creative solution. >Setting up a parallel project IMHO is wrong. -Can you help me to understand thi

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-06 Thread toki
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/06/2011 19:22, Sam Ruby wrote: > Note: I did not read it that way (I think it is quite plausible and I read it as a bona fide attempt by IBM to shove the project down the throat of The Apache Foundation. > I hope we don't need to deliberate fo

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal

2011-06-06 Thread toki
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/06/2011 08:02, Robert Burrell Donkin wrote: > AIUI the TDF uses the LGPL. Like the Apache License (AL), the LGPL > also allows proprietary software to be built on top. So, why would you > break your rule for a TDF project but not an ASF one? It

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal

2011-06-06 Thread Robert Burrell Donkin
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 2:33 PM, Italo Vignoli wrote: > On 06/02/2011 09:44 PM, Jim Jagielski wrote: Hi Italo >> Let's look at it this way: Pretend that when things starting going >> south in OOo, but before TDF was formed, Oracle had done what it >> just did: donate the code and the trademark to

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal

2011-06-05 Thread Ross Gardler
Sent from my mobile device (so please excuse typos) On 5 Jun 2011, at 23:05, Friedrich Strohmaier wrote: > So one question (probably already asked): what is the timeframe between > proposal and decision for accepting the "podling". > Will there be enough time digging the mails and maybe comment

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal

2011-06-05 Thread Friedrich Strohmaier
Hi Luke, *, No glue where to put in this so I choose this thread. A short introduction: I'm Friedrich Strohmaier, long term OpenOffice.org community member active (since ~ 2004) mainly in german language DVD project (infrastructure architect and worker) in OOo times until some days in december 2

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HREUNITING the Community?

2011-06-05 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Jim Jagielski wrote on 2011-06-05 22.26: That's the impression I had from an early post here as well... > Please see: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/steering-discuss/msg01027.html if you want to get a good overview on the progress, here are a few (though lenghty

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HREUNITING the Community?

2011-06-05 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Jun 5, 2011, at 4:22 PM, Robert Burrell Donkin wrote: > >> I had thought you were further away... > > That's the impression I had from an early post here as well... > Please see: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/steering-discuss/msg01027.html -

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HREUNITING the Community?

2011-06-05 Thread Robert Burrell Donkin
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 7:03 PM, Greg Stein wrote: > On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 13:54, Florian Effenberger > wrote: >>... >> That point has been repeaded over and over again, but basically you are >> saying everyone "Do not set up your own foundation at all, we alreadyh have >> enough." (FWIW I aimed

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HREUNITING the Community?

2011-06-05 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi Greg, Greg Stein wrote on 2011-06-05 20.39: so, why don't the ASF, the Mozilla Foundation, the Eclipse Foundation and the GNOME Foundation unite? :-) Different goals. that said, I think the goals of ASF - without knowing your statutes in detail yet - and TDF differ as well. Not that we

Re: "opportunity to reunite the related communities" Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-05 Thread André Schnabel
Hi Jim, Am 03.06.2011 21:35, schrieb Jim Jagielski: Agreed. And that's why I suggested that that would be an excellent initial part of cooperation between the ASF and TDF, where they could provide the build/distribution. Maybe a stupid question, but what should TDF actually build and distrib

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HREUNITING the Community?

2011-06-05 Thread Greg Stein
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 14:19, Florian Effenberger wrote: > Hi, > > Greg Stein wrote on 2011-06-05 20.03: > >>> That point has been repeaded over and over again, but basically you are >>> saying everyone "Do not set up your own foundation at all, we alreadyh >>> have >>> enough." >> >> I don't know

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HREUNITING the Community?

2011-06-05 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Greg Stein wrote on 2011-06-05 20.03: That point has been repeaded over and over again, but basically you are saying everyone "Do not set up your own foundation at all, we alreadyh have enough." I don't know that Robert B-D said that, or anybody else. *I* certainly said it, and strongly b

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HREUNITING the Community?

2011-06-05 Thread Greg Stein
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 13:54, Florian Effenberger wrote: >... > That point has been repeaded over and over again, but basically you are > saying everyone "Do not set up your own foundation at all, we alreadyh have > enough." I don't know that Robert B-D said that, or anybody else. *I* certainly s

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-05 Thread Italo Vignoli
On 06/02/2011 04:52 PM, Jim Jagielski wrote: Let's be 100% clear here: This is about collaboration. This is about working together. This is about building a developer and user community, and not some power-play or ego trip. Jim, please be aware that OOo end user community is just huge, but onl

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal

2011-06-05 Thread Italo Vignoli
On 06/02/2011 09:44 PM, Jim Jagielski wrote: Let's look at it this way: Pretend that when things starting going south in OOo, but before TDF was formed, Oracle had done what it just did: donate the code and the trademark to the ASF. If that had happened, would those of you behind TDF still have

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-05 Thread Italo Vignoli
On 06/03/2011 07:21 PM, Noel J. Bergman wrote: No, they don't. But, to re-quote Sam, they now have the "historic opportunity to change their license to the Apache License", which makes it much easier to (quoting you, now), "cooperate with ASF to make the two projects work as harmoniously as pos

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HREUNITING the Community?

2011-06-05 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Robert Burrell Donkin wrote on 2011-06-05 16.41: Non-profit foundations are constrained to act in certain ways. For example, it is hard for either the Apache or the Free Software Foundations to close source donated code. that's the same for a German-based foundation, and exactly the same

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HREUNITING the Community?

2011-06-05 Thread Robert Burrell Donkin
On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Florian Effenberger wrote: > Hi, > > Greg Stein wrote on 2011-06-04 16.28: >> Personally, I think Oracle's choice had more to do with IBM's >> recommendation, than taxes. +1 > I tend to agree. IMO it's all about governance. Non-profit foundations are constrai

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal - Dependency License Clash

2011-06-05 Thread Robert Burrell Donkin
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 10:01 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > I've lost the thread on this, it's noisy and open :-) (but it's good to factor out new threads with good subjects) > but I thought that one observation was about the dependencies in > OpenOffice.org (and LibreOffice.org) on material

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HREUNITING the Community?

2011-06-04 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Jun 4, 2011, at 2:38 PM, Charles-H. Schulz wrote: > > I would be very wary of this sort of assertion, regardless of the person who > made it, Jim. TDF does have quite an interesting story on this but we > naively felt that discussions that were clearly off the record were to be > kept, well, o

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HREUNITING the Community?

2011-06-04 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Hello Jim, 2011/6/4 Jim Jagielski > > On Jun 4, 2011, at 9:03 AM, Charles-H. Schulz wrote: > > > > We have been developing our governance and structure for 8 months. People > > have put their trust and their faith in us. Why would you want us to > scrap > > that off in favor of something else an

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HREUNITING the Community?

2011-06-04 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Jun 4, 2011, at 9:03 AM, Charles-H. Schulz wrote: > > We have been developing our governance and structure for 8 months. People > have put their trust and their faith in us. Why would you want us to scrap > that off in favor of something else and have people follow a governance they > don't ev

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal

2011-06-04 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Jun 3, 2011, at 9:07 PM, Cor Nouws wrote: > [Picking a random mail in this thread] > > I have a suggestion by the wiki-proposal. > > I read > " Reliance on Salaried Developers > ... > Ensuring the long term stability of OpenOffice.org is a major > reason for establishing the project at Ap

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HREUNITING the Community?

2011-06-04 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Jun 4, 2011, at 10:28 AM, Greg Stein wrote: > > Personally, I think Oracle's choice had more to do with IBM's > recommendation, than taxes. > I've been told that Oracle and TDF *were* in discussions but that the demands by TDF were sufficiently unpalatable to Oracle as to prevent any sort o

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-04 Thread Nick Kew
On 3 Jun 2011, at 20:33, Leo Simons wrote: > Whoah! Please don't call for a vote -- I would much rather we first > arrive at a situation where I can comfortably vote +1! :) Strong +1 to that. This is a big decision, and some of us would like to gauge reaction beyond the confines of this list be

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HREUNITING the Community?

2011-06-04 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Greg Stein wrote on 2011-06-04 16.28: "Oracle America" is the full name of the entity that granted us the code. They may not have been able to get the same tax deduction donating to a foreign entity. The tax deduction would be*considerable* given the value of the OOo brand. ah, sorry, the

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HREUNITING the Community?

2011-06-04 Thread Greg Stein
On Jun 4, 2011 10:08 AM, "Florian Effenberger" < flo...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: > > Hi, > > Julien Vermillard wrote on 2011-06-04 16.05: > >> In short : taxes (US taxes) saving donnating stuff to non profit org. > > > where is this different from a German entity where donations are tax-deduc

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HREUNITING the Community?

2011-06-04 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Julien Vermillard wrote on 2011-06-04 16.05: In short : taxes (US taxes) saving donnating stuff to non profit org. where is this different from a German entity where donations are tax-deductible, like with the current association (which is even accredited as "especially meritorious" by t

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HREUNITING the Community?

2011-06-04 Thread Julien Vermillard
On Saturday, June 4, 2011, Florian Effenberger wrote: > Hi Robert, > > I'm still reading a few messages and trying to reply to them, but wanted to > join in here: > > Robert Burrell Donkin wrote on 2011-06-04 09.14: > > The TDF is in no position to accept a major donation of either > copyright or

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HREUNITING the Community?

2011-06-04 Thread Sophie Gautier
Hi, On 04/06/2011 16:03, Charles-H. Schulz wrote: Hello Robert, 2011/6/4 Robert Burrell Donkin [...] The TDF is at the start of a journey that the ASF started a decade ago and is yet to reach the end. The TDF may wish to consider whether an alternative path might achieve their aims faster...

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HREUNITING the Community?

2011-06-04 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Hello Robert, 2011/6/4 Robert Burrell Donkin > On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Florian Effenberger > wrote: > > Hi Robert, > > Hi Florian > > (Copying in Charles since he asked a similar question off list) > Did I send you a reply off-list? Damned phone... > > > I'm still reading a few mess

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HREUNITING the Community?

2011-06-04 Thread Robert Burrell Donkin
On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Florian Effenberger wrote: > Hi Robert, Hi Florian (Copying in Charles since he asked a similar question off list) > I'm still reading a few messages and trying to reply to them, but wanted to > join in here: Just like the rest of us :-) Noisy and open - every

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HREUNITING the Community?

2011-06-04 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi Robert, I'm still reading a few messages and trying to reply to them, but wanted to join in here: Robert Burrell Donkin wrote on 2011-06-04 09.14: The TDF is in no position to accept a major donation of either copyright or code today. Apache is. Why? Can you elaborate? Florian -- Flori

Re: Decades of Life (was: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal)

2011-06-04 Thread Cor Nouws
Greg Stein wrote (04-06-11 06:31) On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 21:07, Cor Nouws wrote: [Picking a random mail in this thread] I have a suggestion by the wiki-proposal. I read " Reliance on Salaried Developers ... Ensuring the long term stability of OpenOffice.org is a major reason for establi

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal

2011-06-04 Thread Robert Burrell Donkin
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 4:59 PM, wrote: > Norbert Thiebaud wrote on 06/03/2011 11:09:23 AM: > >> >> On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Ross Gardler > wrote: >> > >> > This is why, inside the ASF, we expect individuals to represent the >> > communities interests not their commercial or their employe

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HREUNITING the Community?

2011-06-04 Thread Robert Burrell Donkin
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 9:39 PM, Charles-H. Schulz wrote: Hi Charles > I'm saying that in the real world, > LibreOffice has happened and that Openoffice being given to Apache is odd The TDF is in no position to accept a major donation of either copyright or code today. Apache is. > and not the

RE: "opportunity to reunite the related communities" Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-04 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
ward whatever the vision for LibreOffice 4.0 happens to be. -Original Message- From: Jim Jagielski [mailto:j...@jagunet.com] Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 12:36 To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: "opportunity to reunite the related communities" Re: OpenOffice.org Apache

Re: Decades of Life (was: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal)

2011-06-03 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
On Jun 3, 2011, at 9:31 PM, Greg Stein wrote: > My hope is that projects coming to > Apache will be designed to last for DECADES. That is a very attractive > proposition, and I see no fault in a proposal that is looking to do > exactly that. +1. Big +1. Cheers, Chris ++

Decades of Life (was: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal)

2011-06-03 Thread Greg Stein
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 21:07, Cor Nouws wrote: > [Picking a random mail in this thread] > > I have a suggestion by the wiki-proposal. > > I read > " Reliance on Salaried Developers >  ... >  Ensuring the long term stability of OpenOffice.org is a major >  reason for establishing the project at Apa

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal

2011-06-03 Thread Cor Nouws
[Picking a random mail in this thread] I have a suggestion by the wiki-proposal. I read " Reliance on Salaried Developers ... Ensuring the long term stability of OpenOffice.org is a major reason for establishing the project at Apache. " Unless really relevant, I would suggest to leave tha

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-03 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Rob, robert_w...@us.ibm.com wrote (03-06-11 17:59) "Allen Pulsifer" wrote on 06/03/2011 11:45:03 AM: It is my understanding though that IBM wants to work with a project that is licensed under the Apache License, not the LGPL. If The Document Foundation is willing to change its release from

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-03 Thread Cor Nouws
Sam Ruby wrote (03-06-11 20:22) Unable is a strong word. I given that we are talking about historically recent contributions, I would think that it would be possible to identify and reach out to those who made these contributions. These people, after all, DO hold the copyrights. Ah yes, and p

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-03 Thread Cor Nouws
Greg Stein wrote (03-06-11 19:57) Yeah... that is kind of a disadvantage for when they may choose to upgrade or modify their licensing. Read the '+' in the licence ;-) Cor (still reading my way through, and understanding in the mean time that at any moment constructive contribution is expec

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-03 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hi All, On Jun 3, 2011, at 12:33 PM, Leo Simons wrote: > On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Jim Jagielski wrote: >>> Just remember, we haven't yet even voted on whether or not to accept >>> the podling. >>> >>> These are decisions the podling should be making. >> >> Are you ready to call for a vo

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Meritocracy and Committers for non-coders?

2011-06-03 Thread Greg Stein
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 17:05, Benson Margulies wrote: >  instead of to the whole shebang. >> >> Bah. Outdated concept. In Apache Subversion, we simply ask the >> committer to constrain themselves to certain areas. No need to get >> technical about it. The trust metric applies very well, *especiall

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Meritocracy and Committers for non-coders?

2011-06-03 Thread Benson Margulies
instead of to the whole shebang. > > Bah. Outdated concept. In Apache Subversion, we simply ask the > committer to constrain themselves to certain areas. No need to get > technical about it. The trust metric applies very well, *especially* > when it is version control and changes can be reverted :

RE: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal - Dependency License Clash

2011-06-03 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
y, June 03, 2011 02:31 To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal [ ... ] Oracle owns all copyright in contributions to date and they have already signed the grant to allow Apache to sublicence it. The grant is identical to the one all other project

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-03 Thread Sam Ruby
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 3:40 PM, Danese Cooper wrote: > I've just finished speaking to Greg Stein, and I'm also newly time-available > to help. I'd be willing to mentor, and Greg thought I could be of help. An offer too good to pass up on. I've added you before you change your mind! > Danese -

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Meritocracy and Committers for non-coders?

2011-06-03 Thread Greg Stein
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 16:12, Benson Margulies wrote: > PMCs at Apache have a wide latitude in managing the meritocracy. The > simplest answer is the high-trust answer: if you demonstrate that you > are a responsible contributor, you get commit access, and the PMC > trusts that you won't abuse it

Re: "opportunity to reunite the related communities" Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-03 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Fri, Jun 03, 2011 at 09:29:23PM +0100, Simon Phipps wrote: > I'm also suggesting it's > /such/ a big deal for the open source community at large that > openoffice.orgresolve to a working and current site without > interruption that it deserves > a mention (preferably a plan - yes, unusual for an

Re: "opportunity to reunite the related communities" Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-03 Thread Simon Phipps
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Jim Jagielski wrote: > > On Jun 3, 2011, at 3:44 PM, Simon Phipps wrote: > > > On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 8:35 PM, Jim Jagielski wrote: > > > >> > >> On Jun 3, 2011, at 3:00 PM, Simon Phipps wrote: > >> > >>> I am not even thinking of suggesting it, any more than I wo

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Meritocracy and Committers for non-coders?

2011-06-03 Thread Benson Margulies
PMCs at Apache have a wide latitude in managing the meritocracy. The simplest answer is the high-trust answer: if you demonstrate that you are a responsible contributor, you get commit access, and the PMC trusts that you won't abuse it outside your competence. More complex answers involve granting

Re: "opportunity to reunite the related communities" Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-03 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Jun 3, 2011, at 3:44 PM, Simon Phipps wrote: > On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 8:35 PM, Jim Jagielski wrote: > >> >> On Jun 3, 2011, at 3:00 PM, Simon Phipps wrote: >> >>> I am not even thinking of suggesting it, any more than I would dream of >> telling TDF they have to switch to another license.

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-03 Thread Ross Gardler
Please ignore my mail below, my phone failed to sync completely. I see apologies were made. That's more like the ASF I know. Sent from my mobile device (so please excuse typos) On 3 Jun 2011, at 20:34, Ross Gardler wrote: > > > Sent from my mobile device (so please excuse typos) > >> >>

Re: "opportunity to reunite the related communities" Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-03 Thread Benson Margulies
> One main, significant difference between TDF and the ASF > is that the ASF just releases source; TDF fills a *huge* > and important part of the entire OOo end-user experience. > I sincerely hope this is an easy to agree to. This is a concise capture of a critical point. TDF could decide to igno

Re: "opportunity to reunite the related communities" Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-03 Thread Simon Phipps
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 8:35 PM, Jim Jagielski wrote: > > On Jun 3, 2011, at 3:00 PM, Simon Phipps wrote: > > > I am not even thinking of suggesting it, any more than I would dream of > telling TDF they have to switch to another license. But I do believe there's > a need to focus *in the proposal*

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-03 Thread Danese Cooper
I've just finished speaking to Greg Stein, and I'm also newly time-available to help. I'd be willing to mentor, and Greg thought I could be of help. Danese On Jun 3, 2011, at 12:30 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: > Re "someone from ComDev"... I'm seriously considering whether to sign up or > not. I a

Re: "opportunity to reunite the related communities" Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-03 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Jun 3, 2011, at 3:00 PM, Simon Phipps wrote: > I am not even thinking of suggesting it, any more than I would dream of > telling TDF they have to switch to another license. But I do believe there's > a need to focus *in the proposal* on exactly how to sustain the consumer > deliverable from

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-03 Thread Ross Gardler
Re "someone from ComDev"... I'm seriously considering whether to sign up or not. I am ready to vote but not sure I'm ready to mentor (it's a time commitment thing). Sent from my mobile device (so please excuse typos) On 3 Jun 2011, at 19:30, "William A. Rowe Jr." wrote: > On 6/3/2011 1:17 PM

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-03 Thread Ross Gardler
Sent from my mobile device (so please excuse typos) > > If this is how guests are going to be treated here at ASF, then yes, we'll > take it elsewhere Fair comment. Please everyone, thus us the first experience many people are having of the ASF. We (guests and ASF people) are better than t

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-03 Thread Leo Simons
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Jim Jagielski wrote: >> Just remember, we haven't yet even voted on whether or not to accept >> the podling. >> >> These are decisions the podling should be making. > > Are you ready to call for a vote? :) Whoah! Please don't call for a vote -- I would much rather

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-03 Thread Greg Stein
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 15:22, Sam Ruby wrote: > On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 3:11 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: >> >> Anything else reeks of this being shoved down people's throats by >> people gave this days, weeks or even a month of deliberation already. >> Your invitation to start the vote NOW come

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-03 Thread Sam Ruby
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 3:11 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: > > Anything else reeks of this being shoved down people's throats by > people gave this days, weeks or even a month of deliberation already. > Your invitation to start the vote NOW comes across as a snarky drivers > seat remark. Note: I

Re: "opportunity to reunite the related communities" Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-03 Thread Sam Ruby
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Simon Phipps wrote: > >> And I offer a personal apology to Simon... > > Accepted - apologies if my strong reaction to the unexpected news at the > start of the week on offended you. All come on now. Unless are referring to a the female portion of the canine fami

Re: "opportunity to reunite the related communities" Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-03 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Jun 3, 2011, at 3:00 PM, Simon Phipps wrote: > >> And I offer a personal apology to Simon... > > Accepted - apologies if my strong reaction to the unexpected news at the > start of the week on offended you. Accepted as well.

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-03 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 6/3/2011 1:43 PM, Jim Jagielski wrote: > > On Jun 3, 2011, at 2:30 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: > >> On 6/3/2011 1:17 PM, Jim Jagielski wrote: >>> >>> Are you ready to call for a vote? :) >> >> I'm certainly not support OOo from 2 committers and 1 mentor. > > You need to flush your cache...

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-03 Thread Greg Stein
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 14:30, Allen Pulsifer wrote:  Which is why I raised the question regarding TDF's ability to relicense all of the contributions it has received. >>> >>> As I understand it Noel, TDF accepts contributions under open source >>> licenses alone and unlike ASF does not r

Re: "opportunity to reunite the related communities" Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-03 Thread Simon Phipps
On 3 Jun 2011, at 19:47, Jim Jagielski wrote: > > On Jun 3, 2011, at 2:35 PM, Simon Phipps wrote: > >> >> More than that, I'd like to see it as an objective to facilitate this >> collaboration. There's too much talk of just giving up and treating >> ideological division as a given... >> > >

Re: "opportunity to reunite the related communities" Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-03 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Jun 3, 2011, at 2:55 PM, Ian Lynch wrote: > > Which is exactly why I say "we are where we are" and we should deal with it > even if it is to agree to disagree on some things. Can we work together and > resolve issues so that people can enjoy using FOSS office software? That is > really the fu

Re: "opportunity to reunite the related communities" Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-03 Thread Ian Lynch
On 3 June 2011 19:47, Jim Jagielski wrote: > > On Jun 3, 2011, at 2:35 PM, Simon Phipps wrote: > > > > > More than that, I'd like to see it as an objective to facilitate this > > collaboration. There's too much talk of just giving up and treating > > ideological division as a given... > Well, the

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-03 Thread Jim Jagielski
And I offer a personal apology to Simon... On Jun 3, 2011, at 2:49 PM, Jim Jagielski wrote: > > On Jun 3, 2011, at 2:40 PM, Allen Pulsifer wrote: > >>> I suggest you stick to the content of the e-mails on the list, Jim. >>> Yes, I am concerned about how this all came about, but the reason I a

RE: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-03 Thread Allen Pulsifer
>> If this is how guests are going to be treated here at ASF, then yes, >> we'll take it elsewhere and IBM can go it alone. > OK... I offer my apologies... I agree that this has gotten quite heated and gone w offbase. > I admit my culpability in my actions which have allowed it and apolog

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-03 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Jun 3, 2011, at 2:40 PM, Allen Pulsifer wrote: >> I suggest you stick to the content of the e-mails on the list, Jim. >> Yes, I am concerned about how this all came about, but the reason I am >> here on the list is to be constructive and not to be bitch-slapped and >> misrepresented just fo

Re: "opportunity to reunite the related communities" Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-03 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Jun 3, 2011, at 2:35 PM, Simon Phipps wrote: > > More than that, I'd like to see it as an objective to facilitate this > collaboration. There's too much talk of just giving up and treating > ideological division as a given... > Well, the ASF develops and releases software under the AL... th

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-03 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Jun 3, 2011, at 2:30 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: > On 6/3/2011 1:17 PM, Jim Jagielski wrote: >> >> Are you ready to call for a vote? :) > > I'm certainly not support OOo from 2 committers and 1 mentor. ... > Shane & Sam, and some member of ComDev, if you would serve, please add > yourselv

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-03 Thread Jim Jagielski
t the ASF would be distributing code >>> under the mark. >>> >>> >>> >>> - Original Message >>>> From: Jim Jagielski >>>> To: general@incubator.apache.org >>>> Sent: Fri, June 3, 2011 1:58:51 PM >>>> Subjec

RE: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-03 Thread Allen Pulsifer
> I suggest you stick to the content of the e-mails on the list, Jim. > Yes, I am concerned about how this all came about, but the reason I am > here on the list is to be constructive and not to be bitch-slapped and > misrepresented just for showing up. > This email has no place on this list.  

Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-03 Thread Sam Ruby
Whoops. Forgot to copy the list. On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 2:35 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: > On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 2:30 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. > wrote: >> On 6/3/2011 1:17 PM, Jim Jagielski wrote: >>> >>> Are you ready to call for a vote? :) > > No; there are some good discussions going on (as well as

Re: "opportunity to reunite the related communities" Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-03 Thread Sam Ruby
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 2:35 PM, Simon Phipps wrote: > On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 7:09 PM, Robert Burrell Donkin < > robertburrelldon...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Andreas Kuckartz >> wrote: >> > Am 02.06.2011 18:09, schrieb Jukka Zitting: >> >> I wouldn't be too quick to t

Re: "opportunity to reunite the related communities" Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-03 Thread Simon Phipps
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 7:09 PM, Robert Burrell Donkin < robertburrelldon...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Andreas Kuckartz > wrote: > > Am 02.06.2011 18:09, schrieb Jukka Zitting: > >> I wouldn't be too quick to throw away this opportunity to reunite the > > related communit

RE: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-03 Thread Allen Pulsifer
> Are you ready to call for a vote? :) I think you need to allow a little time for people to read what has been written, absorb and reflect on it, and react appropriately. And I'm not (just) talking about ASF members--I'm talking about the potentially larger community. Rushing things will not he

Re: "opportunity to reunite the related communities" Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal: Splitting the Community?

2011-06-03 Thread Greg Stein
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 14:27, Sam Ruby wrote: > On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Robert Burrell Donkin > wrote: >> >> What might be reasonably hoped for is that the ASF could act as an >> upstream for GPLv3 office product(s) with a reunited community >> spanning these projects (as widely as ideolo

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