Hi all, 2011/6/7 Danese Cooper <dan...@gmail.com>: > Some of you know I was closely involved in the original open-sourcing of > StarDivision code as OpenOffice.org. I'm also an Apache Member. Thought > some of the current discussions could benefit from a tiny bit of (no axe to > grind) history. > > This information is offered in the spirit of trying to get it "right" as we > go forward. I've offered to mentor the podling (should it be accepted, which > I think is likely) because I'd really like to see the best outcome to a tough > situation here. PLEASE only actual questions relating to the content of this > message in this thread. > > 1) Why the .org? > > Well...the original owner of the code, Marco Boerries, was really fond of the > name OpenOffice. No other name would do. However, Sun's lawyers were not > willing to endorse a name that they couldn't secure worldwide trademarks on. > There was an existing proprietary software package sold in the South Korean > market that was using the name OpenOffice.
In Switzerland, there is the brand name "Open Office" as well. - So be careful. ;-) Manfred --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
