On 05/19/2011 10:23 AM, plino wrote: > Hi Tor > > Please no. We who have had to look at that codebase and even fix some >> problems >> in it are glad that it is abandoned. It is a huge unmaintainable pile of >> XSLT, >> and then some silly C# code around that. >> > > (snip) > > >> Furthermore, this allegedly Open Source project (hosted on soureforge) >> includes >> (for the benefit of its use as a plug-in to MS Office; not relevant when >> used >> from OOo) some binary bits with unclear (IANAL) redistribution license. >> Fun. >> > > Then I think it's time to create a proper C/C++ ODF importer for Word. If > this worked properly then this would be a further step in promoting ODF as a > "de facto" open format alternative. ... Given that Oracle has tossed OOo back over the fence, I wonder if that also includes the Sun ODF Plugin... the one they first offered for free, and then changed to a purchase. If so, then that might be worth salvaging.
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