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 disagree. I can easily see developers not contributing because they
don't want to see a propietary fork, like what IBM is doing with
Workplace. Consider the fact that though you can point to *some*
projects that use BSD, the vast majority prefer GPL and in second place
LGPL.
What other companies are
paying developers to work on OOo and how can we increase those numbers?
IBM is paying developers to work on a propietary fork of OOo because
they have no requirement to do otherwise.
And you have still ignored volunteer programmers, not associated with
any company.
Though I don't think that the license is the biggest issue from Sam's
list, I still think it's an issue.
Cheers,
Daniel.
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