On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Pavel Janík <pa...@janik.cz> wrote: >> Rob, >> >> On Jul 25, 2013, at 3:21 PM, Rob Weir wrote: >> >>> This is the advantage of writing innovative code, not just copying it. >> >> can you please stop writing such stupid sentences? Notice that I do not talk >> at all about the particular license issue. >> > > I'm not talking about license issues either. I'm just saying that if > you are the originator of a feature then you get press coverage twice: > the 1st time when you initially release it and then a 2nd time when > another project copies it. We're seeing that now. >
A specific example, Ars Technica, on the LO 4.1 release: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/07/libreoffice-4-1-is-released-borrows-new-sidebar-from-openoffice/ Headline: "LibreOffice 4.1 is released, borrows new sidebar from OpenOffice / 3,000 bugs fixed in latest LibreOffice, many by Apache developers. " Regards, -Rob > Personally, I think it is an advantage to get such press coverage. > Maybe you disagree. But since this is a thread about press coverage, > such observations are entire on topic. > > Regards, > > -Rob > >> A few people in other project do the same stuff as you do and maybe you can >> fight with them in some mud, but why mud-spraying all the people in this >> mailing list? >> -- >> Pavel Janík >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
