On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 10:21 AM, Guy Waterval <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Rob, > > 2013/6/30 Rob Weir <[email protected]> > >> On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 6:56 PM, Guy Waterval <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > >> > As you know, some extensions have to be upgraded for AOO 4.0. >> > What to do if some authors refuse to make the necessary modifications and >> > decide to make their extensions only available for Libo because they are >> > not "in love" with AOO? >> >> If someone is creating an extension for free and they want to benefit >> the most number of users, then they will make it available for AOO. >> Why? Because of the very large user base we have. >> >> If someone is creating an extension and selling it, then they will >> also want to make it available for AOO, and for the same reason. >> >> It is always possible that someone could have ideological motivations >> and care about that more than public benefit or money. But in that >> case they could have acted at any time and removed their extension >> from the AOO repository. >> > It seems logical indeed, but it's removing the problem perhaps a little > quickly. There is the disadvantage of having to maintain two versions in > parallel. Some authors could choose to do further development for the > product that has their preference and that they use every day, not even > necessarily for ideological reasons. Anyway, we will have the answer soon > enough now. >
Not necessarily true. Remember, LibreOffice takes most of our code changes and integrates them into their product. So they can easily maintain compatibility with our extensions going forward. The choice is theirs. Regards, -Rob >> >> > Some of these extensions are important, I think (pdf import, for >> instance). >> > I wonder if it could be possible to buy the service here. But I have no >> > idea of the required price for such a work, Perhaps an opportunity for >> > people who will develop a commercial activity around AOO ? >> > >> >> I think there are several good business models related to extension >> development. >> > Indeed, some extensions are very helpful to request from administrations an > authorization to install AOO in parallel with MS Office, because they > provide features that are not directly available with MS or only through > heavy license fees. > > A+ > -- > gw > >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
