OO-LK FW: FSF launches free software extension listing for OpenOffice.org
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Danishka Navin
May 8, 2010, 11:59:47 AM5/8/10
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BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Friday, May 7, 2010 -- The Free Software
Foundation (FSF) today announced a project to assemble a replacement
extension library for OpenOffice.org, which will list only those
extensions which are free software, at
<http://www.fsf.org/openoffice>.
"OpenOffice.org is free software, and an important contribution to the
free software community. However, the program offers the user a
library of extensions, and some of them are proprietary. Distributing
OpenOffice.org in the usual way has the effect of offering users the
nonfree extensions too," said FSF executive director Peter Brown.
The FSF asked the OpenOffice.org Community Council to list only free
software extensions, or to provide a second independent listing which
only included free extensions, but they declined to change their
policy.
Therefore, the FSF has launched an effort to assemble a replacement
extension library, which will list only the extensions that are free.
Any OpenOffice.org user will be able to use the new library instead of
the usual one just by making a simple configuration change. It will
not require any change in the code of OpenOffice.org itself.
At this stage, the FSF is looking for volunteers to check the
licensing on existing extensions and identify the free ones, providing
a short descriptive text for each of them so they can be listed in the
new library.
They have started a mailing list for coordination, and a project page
on the LibrePlanet.org wiki with instructions for how users and
developers can make a contribution to the effort. They are
at
<http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/openoffice-extensions-discuss>
and <http://groups.fsf.org/wiki/Group:OpenOfficeExtensions>.
Once the library is ready, the FSF will be asking volunteers to help
develop free replacements for the nonfree extensions that
OpenOffice.org currently distributes.
OpenOffice.org users can also help by contacting the OpenOffice
Community Council and respectfully requesting that OpenOffice.org not
be used as a platform for distributing proprietary software. Contact
information for the current committee members is listed under
"Representatives" at <http://council.openoffice.org>. OpenOffice.org
community members (defined by the Council as people who have
registered accounts on openoffice.org) can also suggest new agenda
items for the Council's next meeting at
<http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Community_Council/Meeting_Guidelines#New_Action_Items>.
### About the Free Software Foundation
The Free Software Foundation, founded in 1985, is dedicated to
promoting computer users' right to use, study, copy, modify, and
redistribute computer programs. The FSF promotes the development and
use of free (as in freedom) software -- particularly the GNU operating
system and its GNU/Linux variants -- and free documentation for free
software. The FSF also helps to spread awareness of the ethical and
political issues of freedom in the use of software, and its Web sites,
located at fsf.org and gnu.org, are an important source of information
about GNU/Linux. Donations to support the FSF's work can be made at
<http://donate.fsf.org>. Its headquarters are in Boston, MA, USA.
### About Free Software and Open Source
The free software movement's goal is freedom for computer users. Some,
especially corporations, advocate a different viewpoint, known as
"open source," which cites only practical goals such as making
software powerful and reliable, focuses on development models, and
avoids discussion of ethics and freedom. These two viewpoints are
different at the deepest level. For more explanation, see
<http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html>.
### Media Contacts
Peter Brown
Executive Director
Free Software Foundation
+1 (617) 542 5942
<camp...@fsf.org>
--
Danishka Navin
http://danishkanavin.blogspot.com
--
ඔබගේ දැනුම බෙදා ගැනිමින් නොමිලේ ලබාගත හැකි OpenOffice භාවිත කරන නවකයින්ට සහාය වීමට අප හා එක්වන්න.
"ඕපන්ඔෆිස් භාවිත කරන්නන්ගේ සමූහය OpenOffice User List"
irc නාලිකාව http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=oo-lk
සමූහයට ලිවීම සඳහා openof...@googlegroups.com වෙත ලිපි යොමු කරන්න
මෙම සමූහයෙන් ඉවත් වීමට
openoffice-l...@googlegroups.com වෙත ලිපියක් එවන්න.
වැඩි විස්තර සඳහා "ඕපන්ඔෆිස් භාවිත කරන්නන්ගේ සමූහය OpenOffice User List" වෙත පිවිසෙන්න.
http://groups.google.com/group/openoffice-lk?hl=en
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Friday, May 7, 2010 -- The Free Software
Foundation (FSF) today announced a project to assemble a replacement
extension library for OpenOffice.org, which will list only those
extensions which are free software, at
<http://www.fsf.org/openoffice>.
"OpenOffice.org is free software, and an important contribution to the
free software community. However, the program offers the user a
library of extensions, and some of them are proprietary. Distributing
OpenOffice.org in the usual way has the effect of offering users the
nonfree extensions too," said FSF executive director Peter Brown.
The FSF asked the OpenOffice.org Community Council to list only free
software extensions, or to provide a second independent listing which
only included free extensions, but they declined to change their
policy.
Therefore, the FSF has launched an effort to assemble a replacement
extension library, which will list only the extensions that are free.
Any OpenOffice.org user will be able to use the new library instead of
the usual one just by making a simple configuration change. It will
not require any change in the code of OpenOffice.org itself.
At this stage, the FSF is looking for volunteers to check the
licensing on existing extensions and identify the free ones, providing
a short descriptive text for each of them so they can be listed in the
new library.
They have started a mailing list for coordination, and a project page
on the LibrePlanet.org wiki with instructions for how users and
developers can make a contribution to the effort. They are
at
<http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/openoffice-extensions-discuss>
and <http://groups.fsf.org/wiki/Group:OpenOfficeExtensions>.
Once the library is ready, the FSF will be asking volunteers to help
develop free replacements for the nonfree extensions that
OpenOffice.org currently distributes.
OpenOffice.org users can also help by contacting the OpenOffice
Community Council and respectfully requesting that OpenOffice.org not
be used as a platform for distributing proprietary software. Contact
information for the current committee members is listed under
"Representatives" at <http://council.openoffice.org>. OpenOffice.org
community members (defined by the Council as people who have
registered accounts on openoffice.org) can also suggest new agenda
items for the Council's next meeting at
<http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Community_Council/Meeting_Guidelines#New_Action_Items>.
### About the Free Software Foundation
The Free Software Foundation, founded in 1985, is dedicated to
promoting computer users' right to use, study, copy, modify, and
redistribute computer programs. The FSF promotes the development and
use of free (as in freedom) software -- particularly the GNU operating
system and its GNU/Linux variants -- and free documentation for free
software. The FSF also helps to spread awareness of the ethical and
political issues of freedom in the use of software, and its Web sites,
located at fsf.org and gnu.org, are an important source of information
about GNU/Linux. Donations to support the FSF's work can be made at
<http://donate.fsf.org>. Its headquarters are in Boston, MA, USA.
### About Free Software and Open Source
The free software movement's goal is freedom for computer users. Some,
especially corporations, advocate a different viewpoint, known as
"open source," which cites only practical goals such as making
software powerful and reliable, focuses on development models, and
avoids discussion of ethics and freedom. These two viewpoints are
different at the deepest level. For more explanation, see
<http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html>.
### Media Contacts
Peter Brown
Executive Director
Free Software Foundation
+1 (617) 542 5942
<camp...@fsf.org>
--
Danishka Navin
http://danishkanavin.blogspot.com
--
ඔබගේ දැනුම බෙදා ගැනිමින් නොමිලේ ලබාගත හැකි OpenOffice භාවිත කරන නවකයින්ට සහාය වීමට අප හා එක්වන්න.
"ඕපන්ඔෆිස් භාවිත කරන්නන්ගේ සමූහය OpenOffice User List"
irc නාලිකාව http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=oo-lk
සමූහයට ලිවීම සඳහා openof...@googlegroups.com වෙත ලිපි යොමු කරන්න
මෙම සමූහයෙන් ඉවත් වීමට
openoffice-l...@googlegroups.com වෙත ලිපියක් එවන්න.
වැඩි විස්තර සඳහා "ඕපන්ඔෆිස් භාවිත කරන්නන්ගේ සමූහය OpenOffice User List" වෙත පිවිසෙන්න.
http://groups.google.com/group/openoffice-lk?hl=en
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