Hi - > On Oct 10, 2021, at 9:18 AM, joseph dingler > <joseph.ding...@yahoo.com.INVALID> wrote: > > Hello All, > > Not sure I want to drown in all the drama/politics over at Oracle and how you > acquired OO;
Oracle donated OpenOffice.org to the Apache Software Foundation over ten years ago. As far as I know no one in the community is paid for their support of Apache OpenOffice, we are completely volunteer. > but I would assume that you have a non-compete or other arrangement > prohibiting you from 'giving-away' solaris or BSD compatible/ported OO?? Anyone member is welcome to produce a Solaris version of Apache OpenOffice. We had a member of our community who did so early on, but does no longer. About Porting: https://www.openoffice.org/porting/index.html Out of date information about Solaris: https://www.openoffice.org/tools/dev_docs/build_solaris.html and https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide The Apache License v2 (AL2) is compatible with BSD. Unfortunately, LibreOffice has chosen a license which is not compatible with Apache Release Policy. That’s their choice. > I have 2 main questions that I'm needing of you? > > First and generally speaking; OO current version is 4.1 & Libre is 7.1, are > you really that far behind because Oracle didn't dev OO or did you just adopt > all their dev and just continue as your release versions? We prefer to remain stable and have taken a different approach to versioning. We are on our 12th version of 4.1 which is 4.1.11. We are also working on a 4.2 line which is only available as a developer testing build. > Second, as the entire Linux Community have become FLAMING systemd-sexuals - > while it is completely puzzling how there is such agreement about something > as controversial as systemd -; among the TWO MILLION lines of un-audited code > has suffered it's first crippling handicap... it appears that unix flavors > are going to begin getting an infusion of interest, from mass exodus from the > POXIS abomination... What are your intentions of a BSD/Open Indiana/Open > Solaris install? We provide both DEB and RPM installs for Linux systems. We will be providing AL2 licensed product only as we are a project of The Apache Software Foundation - https://www.apache.org See this blog post for an excellent description of the Foundation’s mission. https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/the-apache-way-to-sustainable We would welcome and support anyone who wants to resurrect and support an Open Indiana/Open Solaris build. We are all volunteers who are working where they please. > > The 2nd question is of pressing importance, as I'mn looking into putting some > development into a Unix Desktop & needing productivity tools to come standard > in the distro. If you’d like to join the developer list and discuss how OpenOffice could fit your plans please join d...@openoffice.apache.org by sending an email to dev-subscr...@openoffice.apache.org We are non-political regarding platform politics so you should leave your rants behind. HTH, Dave > > > > Joseph Dingler > > “If you take care of your people, your people will take care of your > customers and your business will take care of itself.” ~ J.W. Marriott --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
