Hello Simon, This is a noble proposal, but there are is an important prerequisite. The LibreOffice is currently only accepting contributions licensed under the LGPL. The LibreOffice project cannot take those contributions and insert them into an Apache Licensed project without the approval of those contributors. So this goes back to the point I raised in my last post: has anyone contacted the major LibreOffice contributors to determine if they are willing to contribute code to an Apache licensed project?
Second, I am strongly against adopting any name other than OpenOffice. The world is looking for an "official" distribution. If the Apache project does not adopt the OpenOffice name, then someone else will, and this will confuse users even more. For example, even as we speak, a small company in San Francisco has filed an application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office to trademark the name "OpenOffice". A copy of this application is attached in PDF format. This company is the current operator of http://openoffice.us.com and apparently, they envision that they will become the exclusive distributor of "OpenOffice". Obviously, that must be stopped, which I was planning to post on in more detail. The bottom line however is that the only way to stop that is for a recognized organization to step up and distribute the "official" OpenOffice distribution. Allen
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