The latest from Theo of OOMouse is that he is making the changes in
his PR copy and site that more accurately reflect the relationship
between OpenOffice.org and his work.
I'll review these changes shortly, after the US site has woken up and
finalized them. It's still too early for much of North America for
nonsleeepless to do work.
Again, I'm not blaming anyone, except myself, for the confusion and
mistakes produced here. Theo long ago contacted me about his idea of
the mouse, and I encouraged his work, suggesting he propose an
Incubator project on it. I do that a lot, to people, groups, who want
to work with us. And I stand by my encouragement of Theo and of others.
The mistake was in not clarifying to him what he could and could not
do, and what he could and could not claim, with the relationship
established once he joined the community. As I mentioned to Florian,
this is the first such mistake we've seen, and I think it will
probably be the last.
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I hope that this confusion will not adversely affect judgement on
Theo's proposal for an Incubator project for OOMouse. I think the
issues are quite separable. I still consider the idea, though
initially kind of funky, as having lots of potential, especially in
the area of accessibility. As I am not a gamer (or at any rate, not a
good one), I don't see the advantage there. But as I'm more and more
involved in accessibility issues, I do.
But even if it is not great for any one obvious use, it can also fit
into the broad category of OOo in portable devices. As you know, OOo
is carried around in millions (not a mistype) of USB keys, and there
are at least two groups working on that. After long discussions, John
Haller's PortableApps joined the project: yay! I think that by joining
OOo more directly, we can all benefit, as coordination of information,
as in this case, has its plusses. And I've been encouraging the other
device maker, which caters more to enterprises, to do the same, and
for the same reasons. I *want* people and groups to join OOo and work
with us, and if there are occasional egg-in-your-face goof-ups, I can
live with that. The benefits outweigh the minuses.
Best,
Louis
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