Re: [libreoffice-users] shifting focus to licencing

Hi :)
+1
I've not been a long term user (or contributor) of the site but i agree with Dave Barton about 
this.  

Maybe if a one or 2 of us could approach the owner?  Let him know there might be a way for him to 
retain control but also make it easier for him to manage?  It sounds like a simple day-to-day chore 
took down the website and that could be taken care of by someone or some organisation he could 
delegate that sort of thing too?

Regards from 
Tom :)  





> ________________________________
> From: Dave Barton <db@tasit.net>
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org 
> Sent: Thursday, 15 August 2013, 12:40
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] shifting focus to licencing
>
>
> Nino Novak wrote:
> > Am 14.08.2013 18:39, schrieb Dave Barton:
> > > Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
> > > > On 08/13/2013 02:32 AM, Dave Barton wrote:
> > > > > 1. http://www.oooforum.org The independent "unofficial" one Jim was
> > > > > referring to. For reasons nobody has been able to explain, their server
> > > > > is at best unreliable and frequently times out.
> > > > oooforum was setup and is controlled by a single very busy person with
> > > > no help from anyone else in any way. So, it uses resources available to
> > > > this person and is maintained by this person. The other forum is
> > > > maintained by a group of volunteers so there are more people to fix it.
> > so this looks to me like people have contributed to a site which took
> > their knowledge but later did (or does) not present it back to the
> > public in a satisfactory way.
>
> Based on my years of experience as a user of the site, I seriously doubt
> that this was/is the owner's intention.
>
> > Two thoughts:
> >
> > 1 - Does the owner sufficently understand the public need for high
> > availability of the forum's content?
>
> I am convinced that he does. The problem appears to be twofold:
>   1. His personal workload prevents him from giving sufficient attention
> to server administration and spam elimination.
>   2. His reluctance to accept much (if any) outside assistance.
>
> > 2 - How is the forum's content licenced?
>
> I have never found any notice on the site to indicate what the content
> licence is. IANAL, but the absence of such I notice and no mention of
> content licensing in the "Registration Agreement Terms", would lead me
> to believe the content is public domain, just like this email.
>
> > Nino
>
> The good news is that the site is currently accessible, albeit with the
> usual amount of spam adorning the main page.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
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