> From: Dennis E. Hamilton [mailto:orc...@apache.org]
> I am puzzled a little bit about the idea of "loyalty to the > original" OpenOffice. > > 1. The original OpenOffice.org was operated by a proprietary > company, although the code was made available as open-source. > But ownership was held by Sun Microsystems for their > proprietary purposes. There was great value to > OpenOffice.org, but not so much because it was open-source. > I think key benefits were support for ODF format, > multiple-platform support, and degree of support for > Microsoft formats. There was no open-source governance in > this arrangement. > > When LibreOffice forked that code, as the license > allowed, some were unhappy in any case. > > 2. When Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems, OpenOffice.org > became their property in the same manner as at Sun. > > 3. When Oracle concluded that continuation of OpenOffice.org > was not in their interests, they chose to grant the ASF a > license to use the code base and to provide it under a > license of the ASF's choosing (always Apache License of > course). This is how Apache OpenOffice arose. AOO became > Apache Project after being in Apache Incubator. People > interested in supporting OpenOffice.org signed-up to > contribute to the incubator and some formed the original > Project Management Committee for AOO. AOO has always been an > Apache Project. > > What "original OpenOffice" is thought of here? This is simply the current OpenOffice, under a free license, no matter who owns the name rights. The owners of the name rights (Sun, Orcle, Apache) come and go, but OpenOffice remains. Jörg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
