Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) A fork is often a single piece of metal. The handle is usually a single, slightly wider cylinder (ish). The 2, 3 or 4 prongs are typically a corresponding fraction of the width of the handle section. With 2 or 4 prongs (tines?) it is usually difficult to identify any 1 of them as being

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-16 Thread anne-ology
: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks To: users@global.libreoffice.org Cc: Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster webmas...@krackedpress.com On Wednesday 15 October 2014 10:34:39 PM Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: The key to me is not whether or not it is a fork, child, or any other relation

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-16 Thread anne-ology
: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks To: Bruce Byfield bbyfi...@axion.net Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org users@global.libreoffice.org, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster webmas...@krackedpress.com Hi :) A fork is often a single piece of metal. The handle is usually a single, slightly wider cylinder (ish

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-16 Thread James Knott
On 10/16/2014 01:17 PM, anne-ology wrote: and then there's ... The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost (1874–1963) And there's ... When you come to the fork in the road, take it! Yogi Berra -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-16 Thread Tom Davies
by, And that has made all the difference. From: Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com Date: Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 5:58 AM Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks To: Bruce Byfield bbyfi...@axion.net Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org users@global.libreoffice.org, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-16 Thread James Knott
On 10/16/2014 01:31 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Of course Star Office is still floating around somewhere but it doesn't bear much resemblance to LibreOffice or even OpenOffice. So it can't really count as a fork any more and may not even be usable at all these days. StarOffice was the version of

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-15 Thread anne-ology
...@axion.net Date: Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 7:45 PM Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks To: users@global.libreoffice.org Cc: anne-ology lagin...@gmail.com Fork is a free software term for a project that branches off from an existing project to develop the code in its own way. For example

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-15 Thread anne-ology
or Scrabble. From: Cley Faye cleyf...@gmail.com Date: Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 8:01 PM Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks To: Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org users@global.libreoffice.org As an example, go there: https://github.com/watabou/pixel-dungeon See in the upper-right

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-15 Thread anne-ology
...@gmail.com Date: Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 10:55 PM Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks To: users@global.libreoffice.org On October 14, 2014 2:36:14 PM PDT, Bruce Byfield wrote: Can anyone point me to a list of LibreOffice and OOo forks? Its been two or three years since I've seen

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-15 Thread Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster
Date: Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 10:55 PM Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks To: users@global.libreoffice.org On October 14, 2014 2:36:14 PM PDT, Bruce Byfield wrote: Can anyone point me to a list of LibreOffice and OOo forks? Its been two or three years since I've seen a comprehensive

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-15 Thread anne-ology
you're right. From: Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster webmas...@krackedpress.com Date: Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 7:52 AM Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks To: users@global.libreoffice.org Plagiarism is not involved if you respect the various FOSS and Open Source licensing

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-15 Thread Tom Davies
of another's work for ones own. From: jonathon toki.kant...@gmail.com Date: Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 10:55 PM Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks To: users@global.libreoffice.org On October 14, 2014 2:36:14 PM PDT, Bruce Byfield wrote: Can anyone point me to a list of LibreOffice and OOo

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-15 Thread Stefan Weigel
Hi, Am 15.10.2014 um 02:45 schrieb Bruce Byfield: For example, LibreOffice is a fork of OpenOffice.org. Not exactly. https://twitter.com/webmink/status/25769232489 For some people (including me) LibreOffice is the true OpenOffice.org, but it´s not allowed to use its original name. ;-)

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) A big +1 to that!! Regards from Tom :) On 15 October 2014 18:05, Stefan Weigel stefan.wei...@bildungskreis.org wrote: Hi, Am 15.10.2014 um 02:45 schrieb Bruce Byfield: For example, LibreOffice is a fork of OpenOffice.org. Not exactly.

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-15 Thread Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster
On 10/15/2014 01:05 PM, Stefan Weigel wrote: Hi, Am 15.10.2014 um 02:45 schrieb Bruce Byfield: For example, LibreOffice is a fork of OpenOffice.org. Not exactly. https://twitter.com/webmink/status/25769232489 For some people (including me) LibreOffice is the true OpenOffice.org, but it´s

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-15 Thread Bruce Byfield
On Wednesday 15 October 2014 02:46:50 PM Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: On 10/15/2014 01:05 PM, Stefan Weigel wrote: Hi, Am 15.10.2014 um 02:45 schrieb Bruce Byfield: For example, LibreOffice is a fork of OpenOffice.org. Not exactly.

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It's not rewritting history to say that almost all of what was OpenOffice is what is LibreOffice. Granted at least one pre-existing fork (Go-oo) also merged and that tons of work has gone into it all since then. All that OpenOffice managed to keep was the empty suite wrapper. Regards from

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-15 Thread Italo Vignoli
On 15/10/14 21:23, Bruce Byfield wrote: However, joking aside, I'm not going to revise history. LO began as a fork and a fork it remains. All projects using OOo code are forks under the technical point of view, as they have cloned the repository and applied significant changes to the code.

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-15 Thread Stefan Weigel
Hi, Am 15.10.2014 um 21:48 schrieb Italo Vignoli: All projects using OOo code are forks under the technical point of view, as they have cloned the repository and applied significant changes to the code. Sure, the technical point of view. :-) But who cares about technics? ;-) What about the

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-15 Thread Italo Vignoli
On 15/10/14 22:26, Stefan Weigel wrote: All projects using OOo code are forks under the technical point of view, as they have cloned the repository and applied significant changes to the code. Sure, the technical point of view. :-) But who cares about technics? ;-) Of course, I know the

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-15 Thread Bruce Byfield
On Wednesday 15 October 2014 10:56:28 PM Italo Vignoli wrote: On 15/10/14 22:26, Stefan Weigel wrote: All projects using OOo code are forks under the technical point of view, as they have cloned the repository and applied significant changes to the code. Sure, the technical point of

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-15 Thread Italo Vignoli
On 16/10/14 00:12, Bruce Byfield wrote: This is on my own time, so nobody needs to worry about being quoted. Maybe I am biased because of my role within the project, but I think that transparency is always the best strategy. So, keeping facts separate from emotions. Anyway, my memory of

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-15 Thread Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster
On 10/15/2014 06:12 PM, Bruce Byfield wrote: On Wednesday 15 October 2014 10:56:28 PM Italo Vignoli wrote: On 15/10/14 22:26, Stefan Weigel wrote: All projects using OOo code are forks under the technical point of view, as they have cloned the repository and applied significant changes to the

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-15 Thread Bruce Byfield
On Wednesday 15 October 2014 10:34:39 PM Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: The key to me is not whether or not it is a fork, child, or any other relation to the original OOo project, but the fact that the people behind LibreOffice in the early days decided that they did not want to see

[libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-14 Thread Bruce Byfield
Can anyone point me to a list of LibreOffice and OOo forks? Thanks, -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7189 (on Pacific time) blog: https://brucebyfield.wordpress.com website: http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield/ -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I don't know of one. Also i doubt it'd be fully comprehensive. Part of the point of OpenSource is that anyone can take and modify the program for their own private use, or for their company, or whatever. If people keep it private then we might not ever hear about it. Forks that i know of

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-14 Thread anne-ology
;-) From: Bruce Byfield bbyfi...@axion.net Date: Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 4:36 PM Subject: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks To: users@global.libreoffice.org Can anyone point me to a list of LibreOffice and OOo forks? Thanks, -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7189 (on Pacific time) blog: https

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-14 Thread Bruce Byfield
by the computer industry ;-) From: Bruce Byfield bbyfi...@axion.net Date: Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 4:36 PM Subject: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks To: users@global.libreoffice.org Can anyone point me to a list of LibreOffice and OOo forks? Thanks, -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7189

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-14 Thread Cley Faye
what the next word will be that will be transformed by the computer industry ;-) From: Bruce Byfield bbyfi...@axion.net Date: Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 4:36 PM Subject: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks To: users@global.libreoffice.org Can anyone point me to a list of LibreOffice and OOo

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-14 Thread Dave Stevens
just 'searched' it to see] - then just what is it? Curiously wondering what the next word will be that will be transformed by the computer industry ;-) From: Bruce Byfield bbyfi...@axion.net Date: Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 4:36 PM Subject: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-14 Thread Dave Stevens
will be that will be transformed by the computer industry ;-) From: Bruce Byfield bbyfi...@axion.net Date: Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 4:36 PM Subject: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks To: users@global.libreoffice.org Can anyone point me to a list of LibreOffice and OOo forks? Thanks, -- Bruce Byfield 604

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice forks

2014-10-14 Thread jonathon
On October 14, 2014 2:36:14 PM PDT, Bruce Byfield wrote: Can anyone point me to a list of LibreOffice and OOo forks? Its been two or three years since I've seen a comprehensive list. Offhand, the only programs I can think of are: * NeoOffice; * AndroOpenOffice; * EuroOffice; * LibreOffice; *