Hello everyone, 2011/6/7 Cor Nouws <oo...@nouenoff.nl>
> Noel J. Bergman wrote (07-06-11 02:03) > > Michael Meeks: > > "I do not believe the ASF is likely to provide a good home for >>>> the OO.o project in the long run." >>>> >>> > You: > > I agree; you draw the same inference that I do: he means that a >> non-copyleft license is the reason for (predicted eventual) failure. >> > > Is 'Not likely to be a good home' the same as 'failure' ? Sure not in this > case. It just means that the Apache solution does not cater for an important > part of the community. > > > That attitude is most likely why (IMO) the "obvious" candidate wasn't >> used when Oracle decided to transfer OpenOffice. >> > > Even more speculations, LOL > And OT (interesting how this whole subject drives me/you/others this > route). > > > To put an end to speculation on the "TDF is a bunch of extremists therefore Oracle did not choose them", here's TDF's official statement: http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2011/06/06/publishing-our-recommendation-to-oracle/ Hope this will answer many questions. Best, Charles.
