[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Website EasyHack: Ask users to contribute while they are running their download

Hi Harri,

Le 2012-10-14 07:09, Harri Pitkänen a écrit :
> Hi!
>
> On Sunday 14 October 2012, Bjoern Michaelsen wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 01:46:49PM +0200, Cor Nouws wrote:
> > > I like the various ideas. What about a combination:
> > > - link during download
> > > - at the end of the installation process there is a small text +
> > > pointer / link. And mention that there is an entry in the Help menu.
> > > - a menu Help>  Support LibreOffice
> >
> > Sounds all quite sensible to me, if not too intrusive. Could you file
> > EasyHacks for those, if they are not fundamentally objected -- the details
> > can be fleshed out later, when we have a taker for the task.
>
> There is one legal aspect in this plan that would need to be considered. On
> the website we have made some reasonable adjustments to avoid directing
> Finnish visitors to the donation page because asking for donations requires a
> special perimit in Finland. How can we do the same if the request for donation
> is part of the actual product?
>
> This may be important because we have one download mirror in Finland and of
> course people are distributing the software on physical media (CDs etc.). If
> we add donation links to the product then the mirror operator and local people
> who produce such CDs could be held accountable for unauthorized donation
> campaing. The problem is not theoretical, there is a recent real example where
> a Kickstarter project had to be cancelled due to a letter from Finnish
> National Police Board:
>
>    http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/senja/senja-teaches-you-swedish-and-
> finnish/posts/305404
>
> On the long run it would be great to just get the required permit. I can try
> to help with that but it will not be an easy or fast formality. Would we need
> to have a separate build to distribute in Finland or would it be sufficient to
> just work this around in Finnish localization? I really don't know.
>
> Harri

Maybe if we just added a "Not applicable in Finland" or something to the 
effect that the donation process is not for Finland.

I wonder if just a simple sentence just as this would be enough? What 
are other large projects doing?

Cheers,

Marc


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