Bug 132019 - Introduce new open-source Impress templates
Summary: Introduce new open-source Impress templates
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Impress (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
7.0.0.0.alpha0+
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Keywords: needsUXEval
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Reported: 2020-04-10 09:43 UTC by Pedro
Modified: 2020-04-16 13:47 UTC (History)
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Description Pedro 2020-04-10 09:43:06 UTC
There are have been multiple templates designed for Impress in LibreOffice and Open Office through the years.
Many of them have superior quality than what is currently available at Impress.

This Github user compiled and categorized a very impressive list of Impress templates that could be included by default in the Impress install:
https://github.com/dohliam/libreoffice-impress-templates

I would like to propose that many of these templates (if not all) are included by default in version 7.0.
Comment 1 Julien Nabet 2020-04-10 09:54:04 UTC
First thing is license should be compatible.
LO license:
MPLv2/LGPLv3+ dual license
see https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/GetInvolved

License from the site you quoted:
The MIT License (MIT)
see https://github.com/dohliam/libreoffice-impress-templates/blob/master/LICENSE

I'm not a lawyer so can't tell if it's ok.
If it's not, you can try to convince the author to change it.
Comment 2 Tomaz Vajngerl 2020-04-10 10:13:39 UTC
The licenses of the templates are mixed (changes from template to template) ... and not MIT. What is not templates itself is MIT.
Comment 3 Julien Nabet 2020-04-10 10:20:29 UTC
(In reply to Tomaz Vajngerl from comment #2)
> The licenses of the templates are mixed (changes from template to template)
> ... and not MIT. What is not templates itself is MIT.

The situation is even worse then...
Comment 4 Pedro 2020-04-10 11:16:05 UTC
It's a matter of checking which ones have compatible licenses and including those...
Comment 5 Julien Nabet 2020-04-10 11:37:37 UTC
(In reply to Pedro from comment #4)
> It's a matter of checking which ones have compatible licenses and including
> those...

Indeed, so don't hesitate to check these and indicate which good-looking ones would be compatible.
Comment 6 andreas_k 2020-04-10 17:41:23 UTC
new templates (for all apps) are very welcome.

I would suggested to open an issue at the github accound to ask if the designer is interested in add templates to LibO core and the other templates to the extension.libreoffice.org page.

In general I'm intersted in have links to the github page at https://documentation.libreoffice.org. see bug 132034
Comment 7 Heiko Tietze 2020-04-14 11:12:18 UTC
(In reply to Pedro from comment #0)
> Many of them have superior quality than what is currently available at
> Impress.

Which one exactly do you have in mind?
 
> I would like to propose that many of these templates (if not all) are
> included by default in version 7.0.

Which exactly? Keep in mind that templates are perfect suited for extensions. So what we ship is not necessarily the best but ideally shows what's possible.
Comment 8 Heiko Tietze 2020-04-16 13:47:54 UTC
We discussed the topic in the design meeting. While good templates are appreciated we do have a couple of working examples, done via contest since v5. The better place to share shiny stuff is the extensions site and every input is welcome there.