Re: [tdf-discuss] Fwd: [users] Licensing Details

Florian, there's an issue in this thread under discuss which you and the rest of the SC might like 
to discuss.

//James

On Apr 22, 2011, at 00:11 , James Wilde wrote:

> On Apr 21, 2011, at 23:09 , drew wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 2011-04-21 at 22:40 +0200, M Henri Day wrote:
> > > 2011/4/21 drew <drew@baseanswers.com>
> > >
> > > > On Thu, 2011-04-21 at 19:05 +0200, M Henri Day wrote:
> > > > > 2011/4/21 James Wilde <james.wilde@sunde-wilde.com>
> > > > >
> > > > > > Just got this message in my inbox.  I wonder if sending him a note
> > > > about
> > > > > > LibO would be considered to be in breach of the comprehensive warning
> > > > at the
> > > > > > bottom.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > //James
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Begin forwarded message:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > From: SAEED AHMED <SAEED.AHMED@3i-infotech.com>
> > > > > > > Date: April 20, 2011 15:34:31 GMT+02:00
> > > > > > > To: "users@openoffice.org" <users@openoffice.org>
> > > > > > > Subject: [users] Licensing Details
> > > > > > > Reply-To: users@openoffice.org
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > receipt of the posting can be considered erroneous. As the paragraph does
> > > > > not explicitly prohibit mentioning LibO in sucjh a notification, I also
> > > > > presume that you would be within your rights to do so. The above, of
> > > > course,
> > > > > with the caveat that I am hardly an expert in Indian, Singaporean, Thai,
> > > > > Malaysian, or UK legal practices....
> > > > >
> > > > > Henri
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > That's all well and good - but - contacting him is simply _wrong_ IMO.
> > > >
> > > > He asked a question on the OpenOffice.org users list, not LibreOffice.
> > > >
> > > > To forward such a message here was wrong and such actions should NOT be
> > > > tolerated.
> > > >
> > > > Sincerely,
> > > >
> > > > Drew Jensen
> > >
> > > «It is not best that we should all think alike; it is a *difference of
> > > opinion* that *makes horse races*.»
> > Hi Henri
> >
> > Sorry, I have to disagree.
> >
> > If James truly believes it is appropriate to respond to a query of this
> > nature, made on the OpenOffice.org mailing list, with a recommendation
> > to use a different application then he should (must) be willing to do so
> > in the open, on that mailing list. 
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Drew Jensen
>
> Well, I did have my thoughts on this, which was why I asked.  However, the responses have made me 
> think hard about this.
>
> Recently there was some discussion about the decision of the European Union to renegotiate with 
> Microsoft about new licenses for Office, without putting the matter out to tender, and I think I 
> can say that a large number of voices thought that TDF should take action, at least making noise 
> about the EU not following its own policy on tendering.  I don't remember how the news got out, 
> but it was made public, and someone in here latched on to it.  I don't know whether TDF actually 
> did anything about it, but there was a lot of agreement that they should do.
>
> Now someone has made information available on a public list which could be beneficial to TDF in a 
> similar though smaller way, and I have decided that I see no problem with making use of that 
> public information.  I will wait (nearly) 24 hours for someone from the top of TDF to tell me no, 
> and if that doesn't come, I will contact the poster offline.  The time now is 00:09, so TDF has 
> until midnight today.
>
> //James
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