We are probably the last team to write on this. So, I will submit these
links for those who have yet not heard of the news.
Oracle has donated the OpenOffice code to the Apache Foundation. You can
read up on this from the TDF official statement:
http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2011/06/01/statement-about-oracles-move-to-donate-openoffice-org-assets-to-the-apache-foundation/
You may also find Michael Meek's blog interesting to read:
http://www.gnome.org/~michael/blog/2011-06-01.html
Of all the conversations going on the different mailing list teams, you
may want to listen in on the dev discussion. The important aspect of
this move is the licensing different between our LibreOffice project and
the Apache license under which OOo will now be driven. This is where the
difference lies, in philosophy. I would suggest that, if you are not a
dev on that list, that you let them to talk this through as a group, and
if you wish to express your opinion, feel free to do so here or on
another list where you are a contributor. All lists are now talking
about this, even the users' list. I think we will all need to go through
this stage of discussing the merits of participation on the LibreOffice
project.
As for myself, not having had the experience of working on the OOo
project, nor experience with Apache licensing projects, I think the
LibreOffice community is here to stay and I will be here to participate
for as long as I can. The direction we, as a community, are heading,
fits nicely with my values in participating in a meritocratic
organisation, as well, the LGPL and Creative Commons licences seem a
great fit for the code and our contributed materials.
The vibrancy of our community and the amicable and helpful environment
under which we contribute is proof that LibreOffice is here to stay as a
community/membership project.
Cheers
Marc
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