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| <p class="Header">Information about distributing OpenOffice.org for |
| individuals, groups and software distributors.</p> |
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| <p>If you would like to copy your downloaded OpenOffice.org for |
| co-workers, a relative or afriend. please see |
| <a href="copyfriends.htm">more information</a>.</p> |
| <p>If you would like to: set up a CD-ROM for public or corporate |
| library members, please see |
| <a href="librarycopy.htm">moreinformation</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table> |
| <p class="Header">Contents</p> |
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| <dd><a href="#mission">Mission Statement</a></dd> |
| <dd><a href="#policy">Policy on Distribution: What To |
| Distribute</a></dd> |
| <dd><a href="#community">Community Distributor</a></dd> |
| <dd><a href="#builton">Built on OpenOffice.org</a></dd> |
| <dd><a href="#mailinglists">Mailing Lists</a></dd> |
| <dd><a href="#projects">Distribution Projects</a></dd></dl> |
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| <p class="Header"><a name="mission" id="mission"></a>Mission |
| Statement</p> |
| <p>OpenOffice.org welcomes efforts to distribute the software and |
| grow the community. These points below are meant to clarify issues |
| relating to how you may represent yourself, whether you can use our |
| logo, and more generally, what OpenOffice.org is about.</p> |
| <p>The purpose of Distribution Project is to establish policy and |
| consolidate areas and links relating to the distribution of |
| OpenOffice.org. Distribution includes the Mirrors Project, CD-ROM |
| Project, and the experimental P2P project, which is still under |
| development. For now, the Download pages, in English and in other |
| languages, are not linked to this project.Please go to |
| the<a href="http://download.openoffice.org/index.html">Download |
| Central page</a>.</p> |
| <p>Distribution's (sub) projects are fairly autonomous and |
| independent but use the same mailing lists and follow the same |
| distribution policies.</p> |
| <p class="Header">Derived Works</p> |
| <p>OpenOffice.org code is also the infrastructure for many other |
| applications. Within the open-source constraints of our |
| <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/license.html">licenses</a>, you |
| are free to build applications using the source.</p> |
| <p>If you build any application using OpenOffice.org, please |
| include the phrase: "Derived from OpenOffice.org." We areproud of |
| our work and wish others to see what it is capable of. Please also |
| let us know by sending a note to the |
| <a href="mailto:community@openoffice.org">Community |
| Manager</a>.</p> |
| <p class="Header"><a name="policy" id="policy"></a>Policy on |
| Distributions: What To Distribute</p> |
| <p>We have created a page dedicated to explaining the files you can |
| offer. If you are interested in distributing OpenOffice.org files, |
| go to:</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li> |
| <p><a href="http://distribution.openoffice.org/files.html">Files: |
| What to Distribute</a></p></li></ul> |
| <p class="Header"><a name="community" id="community"></a>Community |
| Distribution</p> |
| <p>A Community Distributor may be a person or group who has gained |
| permission to distribute OpenOffice.org and use the official |
| logos.</p> |
| <p>This group includes those who are managing download servers |
| mirroring OpenOffice.org's software (binaries, source, ancillary |
| files), CD-ROM distributors, OEM builders, and even peer-to-peer |
| networks.</p> |
| <p>Our system now includes several "official" volunteer mirrors, |
| from which the software can be downloaded (see "Files" section) but |
| no "official" CD-ROM or OEM distributors. All our CD-ROM and OEM |
| distributors are "Community Distributors."</p> |
| <p>To become a Community Distributor, whether of OEMs, CD-ROMs, or |
| mirrored files, contact the |
| <a href="mailto:community@openoffice.org">Community |
| Manager.</a></p> |
| <p>You may request permission to use the logo and other graphics |
| (as for CD-ROMs). Only those who have been granted permission to |
| use the logo and other graphics may use them. You may only use our |
| graphics, not your own.</p> |
| <p>Other requirements for community distribution:</p> |
| <ol> |
| <li>You must subscribe to the relevant |
| <a href="#mailinglists">mailing lists</a></li> |
| <li> |
| <p>You must read our licensing provisions. See the |
| <a href="http://distribution.openoffice.org/project/www/about_us/OEM_and_CD.html"> |
| OEM-CD page</a> for information. It links to useful |
| pages.</p></li></ol> |
| <p>Please also join the appropriate sub-project (listed below): |
| CD-ROM, Mirrors, P2P. We encourage you to join so that we may |
| coordinate work more efficiently. For instance, we can more |
| specifically notify project members of updates and changes in |
| policy or files.</p> |
| <p>As to benefits: OpenOffice.org is receives over two million page |
| hits every week. You are also joining in distributing a product and |
| enlarging a project that is changing the world.</p> |
| <p class="Header"><a name="mailinglists" |
| id="mailinglists"></a>Mailing Lists</p> |
| <p>We have three primary mailing lists. You must be subscribed to |
| the dev@distribution list to post unmoderated messages. All are |
| welcome to join, but it is obligatory that all Community |
| Distributors only join the "announce@distribution.openoffice.org" |
| list.</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li> |
| <a href="mailto:dev@distribution.openoffice.org">dev@distribution.openoffice.org</a>: |
| For discussion on issues relating to distributing the software, |
| mirroring, and establishing peer-to-peer networks.</li> |
| <li> |
| <a href="mailto:announce@distribution.openoffice.org">announce@distribution.openoffice.org</a>: |
| For announcements relating to new releases, updates, and other |
| important information. Not a discussion list.</li> |
| <li> |
| <a href="mailto:stats@distribution.openoffice.org:">stats@distribution.openoffice.org:</a> |
| The list to collect site activity statistics. Not a discussion |
| list.</li></ul> |
| <p>To <strong>subscribe</strong> to these, view and search the |
| archives, please go to the |
| <a href="http://distribution.openoffice.org/project/distribution/servlets/ProjectMailingListList"> |
| Project Mailing Lists</a>.</p> |
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| <p><a name="projects" id="projects"></a>Distribution |
| Projects</p></th></tr> |
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| <p>Project</p></th> |
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| <p>Leader</p></th> |
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| <p>Purpose</p></th></tr> |
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| <p> |
| <a href="http://distribution.openoffice.org/mirrors/">Mirrors</a></p></td> |
| <td> |
| <p>Mike Niblett, Riccardo Losselli</p></td> |
| <td> |
| <p>All official OpenOffice.org Mirrors are listed |
| here</p></td></tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td> |
| <p> |
| <a href="http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/">CD-ROM</a></p></td> |
| <td> |
| <p>Alex Fisher, Angelika Goeszler</p></td> |
| <td> |
| <p>Information for CD-ROM distributors</p></td></tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td> |
| <p> |
| <a href="http://distribution.openoffice.org/p2p/">P2P</a></p></td> |
| <td> |
| <p>Sam Hiser, Louis Suárez-Potts</p></td> |
| <td> |
| <p>The experimental peer-to-peer (P2P) effort; information, |
| try-outs</p></td></tr> |
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| <td> |
| <a href="http://distribution.openoffice.org/sets/">Sets</a></td> |
| <td>Eugene Wong</td> |
| <td>Customized installation sets and |
| files</td></tr></tbody></table> |
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