John Boyle wrote:
To Robin Laing: Because the initial information states the New Lgpl 3
code will be incompatible with the older LGPL, thereby rendering all
older versions obsolete! That is what was stated and unless someone
cannot understand English they should clarify that quickly! :-(
Robin Laing wrote:
These changes are strictly legal, and have nothing to do with anything
technical! As far as file formats, there is absolutely NO change.
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John Boyle wrote:
To jonathon: That is NOT the way it sounds! However, I will take
your word for it, until I see the real results! :-(
jonathon wrote:
On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 8:55 PM, John Boyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
People who have files in OOo format that they have made for quite
some time, will NOT be able to use the new format, it seems! Are
they going to allow for that with a conversion of some sort? :-(
Please explain how you came to that conclusion;.
There was _nothing_ in the announcement about a change in file
formats.
There will be a change in licenses. One that is long overdue.
Hi John,
I have used StarOffice from RedHat 4.X and I can still open the files
in the latest version of OOo. To me that says there are assurances
with open file formats. :)
But this issue has nothing to do with file formats. This is about
how the end user is protected and the license that they use the
software under. It is the EULA that most people just click to accept
and have never, ever thought about.
The file formats are laid down as ISO formats and have to go through
a different procedure to change than the license.
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