Calligra/Policies/Use of the Calligra name

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This policy is still a draft under discussion, and it covers the use of the Calligra name.

Calligra Product

First, there is the use of "Calligra" in a product name is restricted to:

  • software developed in our infrastructure (code repository, bug reports,

mailing list, forums...) and following our community processes

  • software released following our release schedule

For instance, freoffice follow the first condition, but not the second one.

Based Calligra

Second, it is encouraged that users of Calligra technology reference us, so anyone linking to Calligra libraries or using code borrowed from Calligra is allowed to use the mention "powered/based on Calligra technologies." And this would mean that FreOffice could have the mention "based on Calligra Mobile.".

Provide services on Calligra

The last type of use of Calligra is by companies, the use of KOffice by KOffice Source triggered a discussion on the subject [[1]], the general concensus is that it is not acceptable to have a company use 'Calligra' in their name.

However it is possible to use the following mentions:

  • "Calligra Contributor" that would be given as soon as the company as

contributed a given amount of code, at some point, for instance 1000 loc (technically this list would countains Google, KO, Mandriva, Nokia, OpenOffice PL, ...). They could be listed on the website among the list of individual contributors.

  • "Calligra Trusted Partner" companies that the community acknowledge as

reliable partners for providing services (code or training), they could include a label on their website, and we would list them on our

In the previous discussion it was mentionned that the "trusted partner" label could only given by a neutral party (ie the KDE ev board), which makes even more sense now that a significant numbers of the members of the community have commercial interest.

Also the condition to be a "Calligra Trusted Partner" are yet to be defined. But it would include criterium of quality, openeness and friendness toward the community.

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