Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibO DVD fulfillment web-page

Hello Ben,

Le Wed, 29 Dec 2010 09:11:23 -0500,
Benjamin Horst <bhorst@mac.com> a écrit :

> On Dec 29, 2010, at 3:32 AM, Cor Nouws wrote:
>
> > Hi Ben, *,
> >
> > Benjamin Horst wrote (29-12-10 03:09)
> > > On Dec 28, 2010, at 5:56 PM, drew wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 2010-12-28 at 23:39 +0100, Charles-H. Schulz wrote:
> > > > > But please don't set up websites in the blue like this.
> > > >
> > > > IMO that is just wrong, Dave has kept this list apprised at every
> > > > step he has taken, as he took it.
> > >
> > > Indeed, Dave brought this up some time ago and a number of people
> > > discussed it in a thread. My recollection is that I (and others)
> > > strongly encouraged he do this. It was, and is, my understanding
> > > that LibO has no official disc distributor and is happy to have
> > > individuals provide the service within their local regions. The
> > > open source nature of the software encourages this, and at the very
> > > reasonable price point Dave chose, I don't see what could be a
> > > problem here. More people will be able to get copies of
> > > LibreOffice, which is good for the project and all of us involved!
> >
> > That is all true.
> > But that does not mean that using an url as libreoffcedvd is
> > automatically OK. Maybe we should have paid more attention
> > discussing that?
>
> That's a valid point. But as far as I know, we don't have a policy on
> URLs that include the term "libreoffice" yet. Until we do, we cannot
> say that Dave is or is not following our policy!
>
> Once a fair policy is developed and agreed upon, I'm sure he and
> other project participants will be happy to follow it. Have you heard
> any discussion about this topic elsewhere that I may have missed?

No indeed. So what I can say is that we have no trademark policy that
is being formalized now; I would as a caution advise against using
LibreOffice and the Document Foundation as trademarks for the moment.
On the other hand I commit myself to discuss an upcoming and acceptable
trademark policy asap and to speed up things.

Best,

Charles. 


> -Ben
>
> Benjamin Horst
> bhorst@mac.com
> 646-464-2314 (Eastern)
> www.solidoffice.com



-- 
Charles-H. Schulz
Membre du Comité exécutif
The Document Foundation.

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