Re: [tdf-discuss] Explanation . . . ?

+1

I'm Anton Méixome, from Galician NLC.

We are expectant about the procedure, schedule and details of the
workflow to be held in Document Foundation / LibreOffice.

I would draw attention to the need for this "reunification" be
especially careful and clear as to the continuity of the work about
localization.
It would be very frustrating division into 2 groups in many cases.
OpenOffice community has many more relevant aspects of code
development, much as this is vital.

As coordinator of the Galician location I welcome this initiative and
I trust the responsibility of both the new Foundation and Oracle in
this new stage.

Antón


2010/10/1 Marc Paré <marc@marcpare.com>:
> > 1. We are all celebrating LibreOffice and we support the project, no
> > matter it's trademark name.
> >
> > 2. We are worried about marketing. We know regular users don't understan
d
> > this process and we have been working for a long time promoting OpenOffi
ce
> > on  government, universities and other institutions. There are  "hos
tile
> > environments" out there, and this great news are kind of bad news for so
me
> > people (for example Panama, where government contracts ask for MSOffice
or
> > OpenOffice mentioned as a
> > trademark).
> >
> > 3. Our great news are confusing and can be used against Free Software, i
f
> > the Document Foundation don't coordinate a communication's strategy. We
know
> > this project will succeed as a development project but there a other are
as
> > needed. A fork enhances the most common unfounded fears about Free Softw
are:
> > projects are unstable and there's a lack of support.
> >
> >
> > So, of course, the scenario will be better if Oracle gives the trademark
> > to the community, but if we have to wait a month for that to happen, the
> > situation will still be complicated. In that case, it may be better if w
e
> > start positioning LibreOffice now because in two months, it may be too l
ate.
> > Of course, we decided to wait for your guidances but we want to make sur
e
> > you are thinking about the consequences of waiting for the trademark
> > .
> >
> > Thanks a lot for doing what some of us only dared to dream: building a
> > home for OpenOffice.
> >
> > Carolina
> Hola Carolina:
>
> I agree with you 100%. I would not wait for Oracle to make its mind up. W
e
> should go about organizing LibreOffice as if there will be no trademark
> transfer. The LibreOffice is more than just a small group of people who h
ave
> moved on from the OpenOffice.org suite, if we don't take the Document
> Foundation and LibreOffice seriously now, then it would be hard to gain
> everyone else's respect later. The fact that so many high ranking Ooo peo
ple
> have joined on the Ooo shift from Oracle/Sun's shadow is a deliberate act
ion
> that has been noticed from everyone. I have already notified my schoolboa
rd
> IT of the "temporary fork" and that the OpenOffice team may either come b
ack
> as the same Ooo group but having gained their trademarked name from Oracl
e
> or under the name of LibreOffice. As long as the communication lines with
> the general public is kept open, in my opinion, there should be no proble
m
> with branding the suite as LibreOffice. Note that we try to promote the O
oo
> at my school board as an alternative to MSOffice and I use it to teach in
 my
> classes as much as I can. If we all did this, maybe this too could help
> "nudge" Oracle in deciding of the name transfer.
>
> Marc
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