Re: [libreoffice-website] Re: Missing extension on http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:OpenOfficeExtensions/List

On Sat, 2011-01-22 at 20:44 -0500, Marc Paré wrote: 
> Le 2011-01-22 16:14, Christoph Herzog a écrit :
> > Not sure whether this is the right place to send this.
> > The place you are guided to, when clicking on "Get more extensions
> > online..." in the Extension Manager Dialog leads to
> > http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:OpenOfficeExtensions/List.
> >
> > If I understand correctly only truly open source licensed extensions are
> > listed there. However one important and known extension is missing:
> > Bookmarks Menu.
> > It has no license specified but seems to be in the public domain.
> > http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/license/452 specifies:
> > "Bookmarks menu is based on the idea of Malte Timmermann's Favorites Menu.
> > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/API/Samples/StarBasic/Office/Fa...
> > BookmarksMenu extension is distributed under the same license.
> > License: None - Treat this as sample code, feel free to reuse"
> >
> > The code by Malte Timmermann is given at:
> > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/API/Samples/StarBasic/Office/Favorites-Menu.
> > It specifies:
> >
> > "Programming Language: StarBasic
> > Author: Malte Timmermann, 2006
> > License: None - Treat this as sample code, feel free to reuse"
> >
> > I interpret this as both pieces of software being in the public domain.
> > Bookmarks Menu is quite a good extension and has received some attention
> > (e.g. http://www.heise.de/software/download/bookmarks_menu/64493). It
> > would be a pity to exclude it from the LibreOffice extensions list.
> >
> > I have checked it with LibreOffice RC 3.3.0.4 and it seems to work.
> > Is there any hindrance to include it to the list of free extensions for
> > LibreOffice?

Hi Christoph

Yes, the FSF.


> > Christoph
>
> Hi Christoph:
>
> He seems to have all kinds of accounts on the web. Why not ask if he 
> could publish the extension in a licence that would allow us to put on 
> our extension wiki page. It looks like he works for OOo Oracle.

@Marc - The author of the extension is not Malte. If you must, just ask
hanya to declare a license in a comment to the listing at the
OpenOffice.org extension site.

Thanks

drew 


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