On Wed, 2005-08-10 at 21:16 -0400, Matthew Bennett wrote: > I don't think changing the license to GPL will change any of the > problems associated with a lack of developers working with OOo. Unpaid > developers don't code because of licensing issues as trivial as this, > they code because they are passionate about a project. > > I work closely with the Postgres community which uses a Berkley license > and we have more developers working on the project today because > commercial companies are willing to pay developers to make the project > better. Sun does the same thing with OOo. What other companies are > paying developers to work on OOo and how can we increase those numbers?
Then the question is why do commercial companies provide development support for Postgres but not for OOo? Is there something about the licensing, or the OOo/Sun model in general that puts companies off? MySQL has a different model to Postgres. Does it get the same number of corporate sponsored developers? I don't know, I'm just asking the question. -- Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZMSL --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
