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Forum: OpenFOAM November 29, 2010, 10:57

Replies: 242 The FOAM Documentation Project - SHUT-DOWN Views: 62,780 Posted By alberto Hi Hrvoje, thank you for your reply. ... Hi Hrvoje, thank you for your reply. I agree a name change would not clarify who contributed in the past, and I think it is more than a bit unfair. I also think however that it is in the...

Forum: OpenFOAM November 29, 2010, 05:46

Replies: 242 The FOAM Documentation Project - SHUT-DOWN Views: 62,780 Posted By alberto That does not say anything to be honest, because... That does not say anything to be honest, because I can develop a code today, sell it for a while, release it under GPL in 10 years, and I still have the copyright from today (I transfer it to my...

Forum: OpenFOAM November 29, 2010, 03:37

Replies: 242 The FOAM Documentation Project - SHUT-DOWN Views: 62,780 Posted By alberto Trademarks and open source have always been... Trademarks and open source have always been there. Check all major open-source projects and you will find out that they all have guidelines on the topic. ;) With OpenFOAM, the trademark policy led...

Forum: OpenFOAM November 29, 2010, 03:29

Replies: 242 The FOAM Documentation Project - SHUT-DOWN Views: 62,780 Posted By alberto I have read the statements of the OpenFOAM-extend... I have read the statements of the OpenFOAM-extend branch even if I have been using the OpenCFD(r) release for my uses, even if one of my projects is on the -extend portal. The technical...

Forum: OpenFOAM November 23, 2010, 23:11

Replies: 242 The FOAM Documentation Project - SHUT-DOWN Views: 62,780 Posted By alberto I think the trademark guidelines are more than an... I think the trademark guidelines are more than an explanation, since they provide also acceptable examples, and these examples leave plenty of room to community contributions. OpenCFD clarified a...

Forum: OpenFOAM March 17, 2010, 17:30

Replies: 242 The FOAM Documentation Project - SHUT-DOWN Views: 62,780 Posted By alberto Exactly. I think it is the requirement to have... Exactly. I think it is the requirement to have contributions. You have to be able to reference those documents in your work and the author must be recognized. To do this you have to be able to...

Forum: OpenFOAM March 17, 2010, 12:43

Replies: 242 The FOAM Documentation Project - SHUT-DOWN Views: 62,780 Posted By alberto Not extensive. The documentation project was... Not extensive. The documentation project was providing an infrastructure to contribute documentation, recognizing the authorship and managing its review, hosting and such. To my knowledge there were...

Forum: OpenFOAM January 23, 2010, 05:04

Replies: 242 The FOAM Documentation Project - SHUT-DOWN Views: 62,780 Posted By alberto Hi... it has been a while! Happy 2010. Well,... Hi... it has been a while! Happy 2010. Well, probably the discussion has been too long, and it clearly did not lead to any actual solution to have some formal documentation. But I would like to...

Forum: OpenFOAM January 15, 2010, 11:08

Replies: 242 The FOAM Documentation Project - SHUT-DOWN Views: 62,780 Posted By alberto Well, it might be in the FOSS spirit if there is... Well, it might be in the FOSS spirit if there is such an exchange. If you think to all the community contributions to open source softwares that then are taken as starting point for a commercial...

Forum: OpenFOAM January 15, 2010, 10:58

Replies: 242 The FOAM Documentation Project - SHUT-DOWN Views: 62,780 Posted By alberto Thanks for the clarification! :) Thanks for the clarification! :)

Forum: OpenFOAM January 14, 2010, 22:51

Replies: 242 The FOAM Documentation Project - SHUT-DOWN Views: 62,780 Posted By alberto From what I know, this was proposed in the form:... From what I know, this was proposed in the form: "The doc project collects the documentation from contributors, OpenCFD makes an approved/offical version, and they can sell it". No agreement was...

Forum: OpenFOAM November 27, 2009, 16:37

Replies: 242 The FOAM Documentation Project - SHUT-DOWN Views: 62,780 Posted By alberto Hello, no need of apologies. In this... Hello, no need of apologies. In this long and tiring discussion it is normal to miss something or have doubts. :) Well that's good contribution in my view, especially if you can keep it up...

Forum: OpenFOAM November 25, 2009, 23:19

Replies: 242 The FOAM Documentation Project - SHUT-DOWN Views: 62,780 Posted By alberto Hi. The tradermark is registered by OpenCFD(r),... Hi. The tradermark is registered by OpenCFD(r), and it has nothing to do with the copyright on the code. The documentation project never had troubles due to copyright infringment. The problems were...

Forum: OpenFOAM November 25, 2009, 13:44

Replies: 242 The FOAM Documentation Project - SHUT-DOWN Views: 62,780 Posted By alberto Hi, your proposal is what, with some... Hi, your proposal is what, with some variation, most of the people that commented in this thread agree on. Re-using and contributing to an existing project is easier than starting from scratch...

Forum: OpenFOAM November 22, 2009, 18:45

Replies: 242 The FOAM Documentation Project - SHUT-DOWN Views: 62,780 Posted By alberto I do not think you actually deserve a reply,... I do not think you actually deserve a reply, since you have spent most of your comments to give negative comments and attack personally, suggesting to let the documentation project die, to litigate...

Forum: OpenFOAM November 22, 2009, 18:21

Replies: 242 The FOAM Documentation Project - SHUT-DOWN Views: 62,780 Posted By alberto I think Holger can answer these questions better... I think Holger can answer these questions better than me. He had direct contact with Hrvoje and -extend people. I actually suggested the same thing you are suggesting, and I stated my eventual...

Forum: OpenFOAM November 21, 2009, 03:34

Replies: 242 The FOAM Documentation Project - SHUT-DOWN Views: 62,780 Posted By alberto Hi Daniel, how are you? I hope your studies... Hi Daniel, how are you? I hope your studies are going well. :) Yes, many are new users, some are not. However, what surprised me is not the disagreement. It is expected to have it, mixed with...

Forum: OpenFOAM November 20, 2009, 17:01

Replies: 242 The FOAM Documentation Project - SHUT-DOWN Views: 62,780 Posted By alberto You keep reading, nobody forces you. What... You keep reading, nobody forces you. What decision would you take from this discussion? Look at it carefully. There were a few positive comment, but no real agreement on the direction to take....

Forum: OpenFOAM November 20, 2009, 01:38

Replies: 242 The FOAM Documentation Project - SHUT-DOWN Views: 62,780 Posted By alberto It has been written many times that Holger gave... It has been written many times that Holger gave credit to the trademark. The problem is a bit more complicated than that, as it was already explained.

Forum: OpenFOAM November 19, 2009, 21:05

Replies: 242 The FOAM Documentation Project - SHUT-DOWN Views: 62,780 Posted By alberto It is registered in US. The point is that... It is registered in US. The point is that "foam" is considered a short form of the trademark, and it is the actual name used in the final version of the website name. My objective was to...

Forum: OpenFOAM November 19, 2009, 19:30

Replies: 242 The FOAM Documentation Project - SHUT-DOWN Views: 62,780 Posted By alberto Well, frankly if the question becomes "do we want... Well, frankly if the question becomes "do we want to litigate by legal means?", I say no. It is not a question of being able to afford it or not. It is just not worth the time, the effort, the...

Forum: OpenFOAM November 19, 2009, 02:43

Replies: 242 The FOAM Documentation Project - SHUT-DOWN Views: 62,780 Posted By alberto I don't know if you want to be provocative or if... I don't know if you want to be provocative or if you seriously think this is a possibility. How can you build a trustable and reliable project that users will actually be willing to use and...

Forum: OpenFOAM November 16, 2009, 20:01

Replies: 242 The FOAM Documentation Project - SHUT-DOWN Views: 62,780 Posted By alberto No it does not conflict. The authors were... No it does not conflict. The authors were required to explicitly accept that the owner of the documentation project could redistribute and manage the documents on the website. It is a normal...

Forum: OpenFOAM November 15, 2009, 13:45

Replies: 242 The FOAM Documentation Project - SHUT-DOWN Views: 62,780 Posted By alberto Yes to all, as Holger clarified already. I... Yes to all, as Holger clarified already. I was the first contributor to the project and I think it might help to add my point of view on the conditions of contributions. When Holger asked me to...

Forum: OpenFOAM November 11, 2009, 10:18

Replies: 242 The FOAM Documentation Project - SHUT-DOWN Views: 62,780 Posted By alberto Yes. I know they are following the discussion,... Yes. I know they are following the discussion, and that would be the best way to proceed in my view too. The only thing we can do is asking them if they want to. Well using it is important...

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