On Jun 5, 2011, at 3:30 PM, Niall Pemberton wrote: > > I agree with you - in this case I think it would be better if IBM > collaborated with LibreOffice, rather than seeking to compete. But I > could be wrong.
I don't work for IBM but I do work for a corporation that uses a similar business model. I would guess that building a product that builds upon a work that is primarily under the LGPL is simply not an option. There are many companies that are comfortable in building a business model where all their products are open source. I don't believe IBM is one of them. So this is not even an option. However, I suspect IBM would be willing to collaborate in other ways - just not in any way that forces them to move from releasing proprietary software products. Since Oracle has put the code under the Apache license I would imagine that IBM would be free to take that code and move it internal should the Incubator PMC not approve the podling. Personally, I would much rather have IBM participate here than see them do that. Ralph --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
