Clarification: I don't believe there is any suggestion of payments for the software. It is more about seeking donations and sponsorships, with the ill-advised promise of an honor roll in the distribution of OO.o 3.4 itself. There is even promotion of the notion that donations will keep OO.o free.
-----Original Message----- From: Shane Curcuru [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2011 17:19 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Source Code Sponsor of OOo [ ... ] At the ASF, our software is *always* free (as in no cost); the ASF will *never* charge for either our source code our or project's software product releases. Any time you see someone stating or implying that you need to pay for any ASF-hosted code you should be suspicious. - Shane On 2011-11-20 12:44 PM, Thomas Horn wrote: > Hi all, > > I've read on http://teamopenoffice.org/en/become-a-partner.html that > you could become a "Source Code Sponsor" with your named displayed in > OpenOffice.org 3.4 by paying EUR 5000. > > Do you really thinks that this is a good idea? I think that will lower > the neutrality of the Apache Foundation as I before wasn't under the > impression that you could buy yourself into Apache software. > > Greetings from > Thomas
