Ian Lynch <ianrly...@gmail.com> wrote on 06/04/2011 09:10:05 AM: > > > So there are going to be two projects because Oracle donated the code they > own to ASF for Apache licensing. That's not ideal from many points of view > but it is the reality. Anyone who does not want to contribute code to an > Apache license doesn't have to. In that sense there is a need for LO with a > copyleft license. There can still be cooperation to try and make the best > out of that situation. >
Exactly. As a prospective committer of Apache OpenOffice I'd love help from all quarters and collaboration in all directions. But absent that, I'd be satisfied to merely not have the project's potential existence portrayed as a disease that must be eradicated from the face of the earth. The existence of a thriving community around TDF/LO is an opportunity for Apache OpenOffice. We've discussed some of the possible avenues for collaboration. But the existence of TDF/LO is not a valid reason to suggest that Apache OpenOffice should not exist, provided it meets Apache-defined criteria for entering a podling. I don't hear anyone denying the right of TDF/LO to exist, for that project to continue or even to thrive. Let's make this respect mutual. -Rob --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
