Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Fwd: [steering-discuss] libreoffice.org e-mail accounts

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Mikel Pascual <mikel.paskual@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 7:54 PM, Rimas Kudelis <rq@akl.lt> wrote:
>
> > 2011.01.14 19:14, sophie rašė:
> >
> >  Hello,

Hello to you all,

   I'm new here. I've been a translator for lots of projects, but just
found out about the LibreOffice fork and i'm very happy to get away
from Oracle. Sorry to start with a "me too" response, but i don't know
how people get their voices heard otherwise around here yet.

> > > My plan is to hand out only e-mail forwarders, not real mailboxes with
> > > POP and IMAP, as the latter one requires lots of maintenance.
> > >
> > > However, as we had lots of irritating issues with @openoffice.org e-mail
> > > addresses, I would like to avoid these mistakes.
> ...
> >  For LibreOffice, I'm a bit hesitant to hand out @libreoffice.org, as
> > > this may seem like people are acting on behalf of TDF, causing liability
> > > issues. Maybe I'm too touchy, so I'm happy for comments, which is why I
> > > am writing this mail. :-)
> ...
> > > I'd like to avoid subdomains (@community.libreoffice.org), as they are
> > > really ugly for e-mail accounts.
> > I think domains like libreofficecommunity.org are just as ugly.

   I agree.

> > I'd say it should be either libreoffice.org, or nothing. After all, it's
> > nobody's obligation to offer email addresses to anyone, so why not just make
> > up some rules (not necessarily formal) instead of being touchy?

   It seems to me that if you give someone an address then you are
indeed giving them some authority to "speak for" the organization. Why
shouldn't people use their own addresses?

> I first thought that maybe the Steering Committee and people in charge of
> l10n/marketing/website/etc should get one, so things could be more official.
> but... things would be more official, and it may discourage people to debate
> after a response from a @libreoffice.org mail?

   If someone is discouraged by the return address of a member of the
Steering Committee then they will probably be discouraged to reply to
a Committee member no matter what their address.

> it's great to see the willingness to give @libreoffice.org addresses, but I
> don't see the advantages; apart from the excitement of having
> me@libreoffice.org, of course.

   Yes. It would be "cool", but unnecessary.

> I may be wrong, and a @libreoffice.org reward is worth the effort?

   I have many domains where i give out addresses. There is work
involved and i wonder if it's worth the effort administering the
addresses, rather than putting that into LibreOffice itself?

> > Actually, I can't think of any other open-source project (except
> > OpenOffice.org) that would offer email addresses to anyone, and I don't
> > think it's necessary (as if we all didn't have a bunch of addresses
> > already).

   Agreed.

   Thank you.

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