Information about distributing OpenOffice.org for individuals, groups and software distributors.

Contents

Mission Statement

Policy on Distribution: What To Distribute

Community Distributor

Built on OpenOffice.org

Mailing Lists

Distribution Projects

Mission Statement

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.

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 theDownload Central page.

Distribution's (sub) projects are fairly autonomous and independent but use the same mailing lists and follow the same distribution policies.

Derived Works

OpenOffice.org code is also the infrastructure for many other applications. Within the open-source constraints of our licenses, you are free to build applications using the source.

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 Community Manager.

Policy on Distributions: What To Distribute

We have created a page dedicated to explaining the files you can offer. If you are interested in distributing OpenOffice.org files, go to:

• Files: What to Distribute

Community Distribution

A Community Distributor may be a person or group who has gained permission to distribute OpenOffice.org and use the official logos.

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.

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."

To become a Community Distributor, whether of OEMs, CD-ROMs, or mirrored files, contact the Community Manager.

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.

Other requirements for community distribution:

1. You must subscribe to the relevant mailing lists

2. You must read our licensing provisions. See the OEM-CD page for information. It links to useful pages.

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.

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.

Mailing Lists

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.

• dev@distribution.openoffice.org: For discussion on issues relating to distributing the software, mirroring, and establishing peer-to-peer networks.
• announce@distribution.openoffice.org: For announcements relating to new releases, updates, and other important information. Not a discussion list.
• stats@distribution.openoffice.org: The list to collect site activity statistics. Not a discussion list.

To subscribe to these, view and search the archives, please go to the Project Mailing Lists.