On Wednesday 15 October 2014 10:34:39 PM Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote:
 
> The key to me is not whether or not it is a fork, child, or any other
> relation to the original OOo project, but the fact that the people
> behind LibreOffice in the early days decided that they did not want to
> see the idea of an FOSS office suite package to die do to the lack of
> "caring" by the one who owns the brand name of the current FOSS
> package.  

All very well, but the original context was defining the term "fork" to someone 
who had never heard the term. By now, I'm sure, she's hopelessly confused, and 
a little sorry she asked. ;-)

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