Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-incubator-ooo-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-ooo-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4CD197903 for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2011 13:51:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 77637 invoked by uid 500); 7 Nov 2011 13:51:10 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-ooo-dev-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 77591 invoked by uid 500); 7 Nov 2011 13:51:10 -0000 Mailing-List: contact ooo-dev-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 77583 invoked by uid 99); 7 Nov 2011 13:51:10 -0000 Received: from minotaur.apache.org (HELO minotaur.apache.org) (140.211.11.9) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:51:10 +0000 Received: from localhost (HELO mail-vx0-f175.google.com) (127.0.0.1) (smtp-auth username robweir, mechanism plain) by minotaur.apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:51:09 +0000 Received: by vcbfl17 with SMTP id fl17so1013371vcb.6 for ; Mon, 07 Nov 2011 05:51:08 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.185.137 with SMTP id fc9mr14667961vdc.100.1320673868764; Mon, 07 Nov 2011 05:51:08 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.220.118.81 with HTTP; Mon, 7 Nov 2011 05:51:08 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4EB7DCED.8030700@letturefantastiche.com> References: <1320608301.9596.YahooMailClassic@web113514.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4EB7939A.4000909@letturefantastiche.com> <4EB7DCED.8030700@letturefantastiche.com> Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 08:51:08 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: GPL'd dictionaries (was Re: ftp.services.openoffice.org?) From: Rob Weir To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Gianluca Turconi wrote: > Rob Weir ha scritto: >> >> 3) We can link to (but not host) 3rd party builds and distributions >> based on our source code releases. =C2=A0These 3rd party builds could >> include GPL/LPGL items. =C2=A0If you look at a typically Apache project, >> like Subversion, you see a large number of links to externally hosted >> binaries, for platform ports as well as enhanced versions: >> http://subversion.apache.org/packages.html > > So, in order to include LGPL/GPL linguistic tools, the binaries should be > hosted and, I presume, distributed externally from Apache infrastructure. > > Does this fact affect in any way the use of the Apache OOo brand? > > Is a fair use of the brand compiling and distributing a binary that inclu= des > vanilla OOo code + linguistic tools while labeling it "Apache > OpenOffice.org"? > If you look at the SVN example, the modified versions are not called "Apache Subversion". They are called things like, SlikSVN, VisualSVN, Win32Svn. But the straight ports do keep the name "Subversion". Since Apache owns the trademark, any use of it to describe 3rd party products would need Apache's permission. My guess is the overall goal is to prevent brand dilution and to avoid confusing the user. The Apache trademark guidelines are here: http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/ -Rob > Regards, > > Gianluca > > -- > Lettura gratuita o acquisto di libri e racconti di fantascienza, > fantasy, horror, noir, narrativa fantastica e tradizionale: > http://www.letturefantastiche.com/ > >