On Wed, 2010-09-29 at 00:37 -0400, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: > I found the exchange regarding The Document Foundation and LibreOffice a > bit confusing with respect to the authors list and the documentation > project. Is the intention to drop this project and merge with the > Document Foundation? > > My opinion: I will be shocked if Oracle turns over copyright or name, > since they seem to be working so hard to establish something for which > Oracle can control (which is not a comment on whether they will > participate in the new group). >
We have not yet reached the stage of an "intention" regarding the relationship between OOoAuthors and the Document Foundation. I'm still trying to work out what the choices are! At this point I haven't a clue which way the OOo Documentation Project will go. If Clayton knows, he's probably not allowed to say. OOoAuthors is a bit different. As an independent group within OOo Documentation, we could go several ways: * Keep producing user guides and other material that can be used for either product (OOo or LO). * Jump ship and become part of LO Documentation (assuming we are welcome there) and let Oracle OO reuse our docs if they wish. * Remain with Oracle OO (if that's one of the choices?) and let LO reuse our docs if they wish. The third choice does not appeal to me. The first choice is IMO the default option and certainly the way to go for the immediate future until the whole situation becomes a bit more clear. I confess I'm tempted by the second option if that is actually one of the choices. That is why I think we should all continue with business as usual until the dust settles a bit (in a week or two?). --Jean --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
