--- Dom 18/12/11, Norbert Thiebaud <nthieb...@gmail.com> ha scritto: ... > On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 6:38 PM, > Pedro Giffuni <p...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > > --- Sab 17/12/11, Michael Meeks ha scritto: > > > >> > >> Sure - if it is easier for us to include > >> an existing feature, under an > >> acceptable license into LibreOffice why would we > bother > >> re-writing it ? > >> conversely if it is easier to re-write, why not ? > >> > > > > And it's usually so much easier to take. Steve jobs > > had a famous quote about that that I don't remember > > very well ;-). > > http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1208206 >
Of course that proves how consistent I am! I was effectively saying that copying from others' work (when permitted by the license) is fine. No pun intended. > an English proverb about stone and glass house comes to > mind... > I was not implying a double standard, if that's what you mean. In the case of my commit: - the affected "code" is under a BSD license. - I knew beforehand that it was about to be removed from the tree (but may be brought back some day). Pedro.
