Group talk: OpenOfficeExtensions

License clarifications

Name	Description	Copyright status/License issues	Contacts / Discussion notes
CalcEasyToolbar	Improves insertion/deletion of rows into merged columns.	Library entry states that it is under GPLv3, but nothing in the download mentions any license, making it impossible to distribute without modification (since it lacks a copy of GPLv3, etc.)	Sent an email to Ks Tan, as listed here asking for clarification, and offering to send a patch applying the license boilerplate. JesseW 02:35, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Example letters

Here's the letter I sent to the developers of CalcEasyToolbar. Feel free to use all or part of it in letters you send out. I hereby release it into the public domain, with no restrictions, as stated in the CC Public Domain Certification. JesseW 02:56, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Hello!

I came across your OpenOffice.org extension, CalcEasyToolbar, and noticed that, while it is listed ( 
http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/license/1798 ) as being licensed under the GPLv3,
the actual source files of the extension lack any mention of the license.  

Since they don't include the appropriate boilerplate,  it's not actually possible to legally distribute
the extension unmodified.  Specifically, the source files don't contain copyright and license statements,
and the zip file does not contain a copy of the GPLv3.  You can see more details about how to fix this
here: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html 

I'd be glad to add this boilerplate myself, and send you the updated version so you can upload it, if that
would be more convenient for you.

I came across your extension as part of helping out the FSF's effort to build a library of specifically Free
Software OpenOffice.org extensions, described here: http://groups.fsf.org/wiki/Group:OpenOfficeExtensions .

Thanks for your work,