> > On Wed, 6 Oct 2010 14:41:32 +0200 > Matthias Kilian <k...@outback.escape.de> wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 06, 2010 at 02:26:57PM +0200, David Coppa wrote: > > > > We've cvs deleted editors/openoffice3, soon we'll import > > > > editors/libreoffice. > > > > > > woah, they changed name? > > > > They forked and changed the name, because oracle is sooo evil. And now > > they are disappointed that oracle refuses to cooperate with them ;-) > > > > > I didn't even know... And imho the name > > > libreoffice sucks ;) > > > > Yep. Read like lib-re-office (whatever this could mean). > > > > Ciao, > > Kili > > > From what I've read it sounded like the opposite. They asked for > oracles position, they got little or no response and when oracle were > asked at a talk the vague response was that taken as a negative. > > The developers have decided to change to libreoffice and have offered > oracle to take part and donate the openoffice name and are hoping more > people will contribute if there isn't a single company holding the > rights. > > Libreoffice will apparently have less licensing restrictions and so can > include more code which currently has to be downloaded seperately. > Hence I guess libre as in free office. Let's hope it will be more free > than FreeBSD. > > If we do have both it's certainly gonna push up the package builders > time? >
Given its initial origins, they should have named it Geoeffnetesbuero. -- Ed Ahlsen-Girard, Contractor (EITC) AFSOC/A6OK email: "edward.ahlsen-girard....@hurlburt.af.mil" 850-884-2414 DSN: 579-2414
