"Noel J. Bergman" <n...@devtech.com> wrote on 06/07/2011 03:49:12 PM:
> From: "Noel J. Bergman" <n...@devtech.com> > To: <general@incubator.apache.org> > Date: 06/07/2011 03:49 PM > Subject: RE: OpenOffice & LibreOffice > > Simon Phipps wrote: > > > I agree on both counts. My sense continues to be that the best outcome > would > > be close to my original proposal[1], although that got substantial > push-back > > from some quarters. > > So let's address the push-back. > > The proposal, as I understand it, is for OpenOffice to exist at the ASF. > Push-back that it should move to TDF is just a non-starter, as far as I can > see, for those interested in doing OpenOffice under a permissive license. > The licensing issue does not go away, so let's move on with the assumption > that OpenOffice will happen here. > > Once we establish that predicate, the question is what happens with > collaboration. > > You and I agree that core development would happen at the ASF. TDF would be > a downstream consumer of the core code, and able to incorporate incompatibly > licensed code into its unique distribution. Everyone, IBMer, TDFer, and > other alike would be welcomed to contribute to the core code, under our > license, and to incorporate their own downstream changes under their own > license. From that perspective, TDF and IBM are equal players, each with > their own enhancements: one set LGPL/MPL, the other closed source. > > Let us not conflate trademark issues with collaboration on the code. That > just defocuses attention from the necessary issues, IMO. > > --- Noel +1 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >
