"Harold Fuchs" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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The word "free" in English is ambiguous. It can mean "at no cost", free as
in beer - "Gratis". It can also mean "at liberty", free as in speech,
"Libre". In normal conversation context usually distinguishes between the
possibilities. However, here we are deep in the world of F(L)OSS where the
distinction is widely used, recognised and made explicit. So, am I being
paranoid in thinking that the choice of the name "LibreOffice" suggests
that at some stage it will no longer be Gratis?
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Harold Fuchs
London, England
The following message was sent to the [email protected] list today.
The sender was Marc Paré ([email protected])
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At this point, the Document Foundation is hoping that Oracle will be
kind and donate the "OpenOffice" trademarked name to them. If this is
done, the Document Foundation will then abandon the "LibreOffice" name
and go back to the "OpenOffice" name. At this point, OpenOffice has a
great brand name that is recognized the world over. Let's hope that
Oracle will be generous enough to join the Document Foundation and
participate. This would create fewer disturbances in the OpenOffice
development. But, if they do not donate the name to the Document
Foundation, then the "LibreOffice" name will be kept and it will then
be officially known as a fork of OpenOffice. At this point, the Document
Foundation doesn't consider the LibreOffice as a fork but just as a
temporary name change of the community software till Oracle decides what
it will do with the OpenOffice name which they own.
Cheers
Marc
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Harold Fuchs
London, England
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