>> So if IBM buys Sun, can it then declare that OOo will no longer be free? > > No. (Assuming you mean free qua libre,and not free qua gratis. Given > the license, even if they declared it non-gratis, _The Pirate Bay_, > amongst other sources, would be only too happy to make it available > for gratis.) >
That is not even funny. Do not advocate the use of pirated software. If IBM, or Sun for that matter, were to retract the GLP license from OOo or to stop OOo development, then only future versions would be affected. Projects such as NeoOffice and Go-OO would continue from the existing codebase. Some even argue that would be good for OOo development, even if the new suites could not use the OOo name, given Sun's requirements for code contribution. Actually, I'm one of them. I use and promote Go-OO, in fact, most Linux distributions today package Go-OO as opposed to OOo. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ا-ب-ت-ث-ج-ح-خ-د-ذ-ر-ز-س-ش-ص-ض-ط-ظ-ع-غ-ف-ق-ك-ل-م-ن-ه-و-ي А-Б-В-Г-Д-Е-Ё-Ж-З-И-Й-К-Л-М-Н-О-П-Р-С-Т-У-Ф-Х-Ц-Ч-Ш-Щ-Ъ-Ы-Ь-Э-Ю-Я а-б-в-г-д-е-ё-ж-з-и-й-к-л-м-н-о-п-р-с-т-у-ф-х-ц-ч-ш-щ-ъ-ы-ь-э-ю-я ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü
