Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 790956BD7 for ; Fri, 3 Jun 2011 18:57:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 2497 invoked by uid 500); 3 Jun 2011 18:57:41 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 2375 invoked by uid 500); 3 Jun 2011 18:57:41 -0000 Mailing-List: contact general-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: general@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list general@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 2367 invoked by uid 99); 3 Jun 2011 18:57:41 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 03 Jun 2011 18:57:41 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.5 required=5.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: domain of simon@webmink.com designates 209.85.216.175 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.216.175] (HELO mail-qy0-f175.google.com) (209.85.216.175) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 03 Jun 2011 18:57:35 +0000 Received: by qyk35 with SMTP id 35so3719618qyk.6 for ; Fri, 03 Jun 2011 11:57:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.45.1 with SMTP id c1mr1704100qcf.259.1307127434259; Fri, 03 Jun 2011 11:57:14 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.233.131 with HTTP; Fri, 3 Jun 2011 11:56:54 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [81.2.79.172] In-Reply-To: References: From: Simon Phipps Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 19:56:54 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Apache OpenOffice.org Incubator Proposal: Collaboration with TDF/LO To: general@incubator.apache.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016363ba072652dff04a4d35257 --0016363ba072652dff04a4d35257 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 7:50 PM, wrote: > Simon Phipps wrote on 06/03/2011 02:33:21 PM: > > > > > Your proposed text also does not recognise possibilities for > collaboration > > to protect the OpenOffice consumer end-user community in the interim > while > > your project sorts itself out. > > > > > Can you state this in the form of a collaborative activity? I'm being > neutral as to the intent or particulars on the wiki. I'm noting the kinds > of activities. In the end the nature of the activity, with respect to the > license and ASF policy, not the intent of the collaboration, is what will > determine whether it is permissible. > > For example, mixing GPLv3 and Apache 2.0 with the intent of feeding > starving children is not permissible, but providing a library that Wall > Street tycoons can use to design butterscotch pudding swimming pools is > permissible. Saying "collaboration...to protect the OpenOffice consumer" > is not really sufficient. > > I made fairly detailed proposals on another thread which I was summarising with that phrase. S. --0016363ba072652dff04a4d35257--