We can see this a different way. If a developer wants to contribute to Apache OpenOffice then the only clear place is here and under the Apace License.
I call that software freedom. Regards, Dave Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 11, 2015, at 8:00 PM, Pedro Giffuni <p...@apache.org> wrote: > > Wow .. this is pathetic … the change was not too important but it is actually > not > the first time it happens. Funny thing is that at ApacheConEU I met some nice > people from this company that wanted to hire OpenOffice developers. > > Some people see AOO as a test to see if permissive licenses are better or > worse than copyleft. The truth is that the practice of draining contributions > from > the competition by whatever means is the type of dirtiness that free software > was meant to fight. Of course the FSF is also against AOO from the start so > we will not get any sympathy there. > > Let me state this openly for those unaware: there are dark powers in play that > want Apache OpenOffice as a project, as a product, and as a community to fail. > It is not a coincidence that a redhat employee was openly asking to kill this > project (for some issue with his mom - really). > > In this case, the contest, if someone still looks at it like that, is not > about who > has a better license/policy or about the capacity of the ASF to nurture and > sustain big projects: this was always about deep pockets wanting to control > a product. Business as usual, so to speak. > > It’s sad in a certain sense, but AOO will keep on as long as it continues > to be useful for people independently of the games other communities > play. > > Pedro. > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
