Agree, this should continue *only* on the discuss list. For my $0.02 worth - The OP asked a user question. From a users perspective the functionality (I imagine - not having used Neo) between Neo and OOo are _almost_ exactly the same.
I don't hear the OP complaining - I don't feel anyone else should. IMHO Chad gave the right answer with pedantic followup's about which code base sits where and whether they equal each other belonging on discuss. /paul On 2/20/06, Chad Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am cross-posting with the hopes of moving this thread to > [email protected] where it now belongs (if it is to continue) > > On 2/19/06, Pavel JanÃk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > OpenOffice.org Mac OS X porting team would be happy to accept any work > > making the OpenOffice.org even better on Mac OS X, but unfortunately we > > can't simply grab the enhancements made for Neo. There are two types of > > reasons: technical and license issues. Technical issues are solvable by > > both teams but unfortunately OpenOffice.org team can't do anything with > > license issue because we (the Mac OS X porting team) are bound by the > > OpenOffice.org license which is GNU LGPL right now. > > > > Let me ask you this, Pavel - you seem upset at NeoOffice for being GPL (or > maybe at OOo for being LGPL). You also seem to think that NeoOffice is > better for native Mac users. Since Sun has no interest in StarOffice for > Mac (as evidenced by its non-existance), why do we need both projects? How > many people are working on the X11 port? 5, 10, 15? Are you all > volunteers? If so, then why not ditch the X11 port, and everyone work > together on NeoOffice. If the X11 port is needed (and many claim it is) for > NeoOffice to continue - then just work on it all as NeoOffice - do the X11 > thing to get to the point where the Cocoa thing can take over. Why do we > need two projects - it's spliting resources and causing confusion and hurt > feelings. If everyone would just work on NeoOffice - there'd be no > problem. The OpenOffice.org community at large doesn't have a problem with > NeoOffice (as evidenced by its inclusion on the Mac OS X download page). > You claim you can't use NeoOffice's advancements due to the license, well if > everyone was working on NeoOffice instead of OOoX11 - then there would be no > problem would there? All would be GPL, wouldn't it? > > Why the NeoOffice team decided to go GPL instead of LGPL is their own > perogative - but since they have, and they are obviously doing things the > X11 team can't - why not join them instead of fighting them? > > -- > - Chad Smith > http://www.gimpshop.net/ > Because everyone loves free software! > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
