Re: [libreoffice-l10n] OOo goes to Apache Foundation

Hi Andras,

I understand your position. I think that the Oracle movement means
they want put code out of GPL for a hipotetical future developpement
(propietary, of course).
This and too that they perhaps want split the developpers community
atracting corporative interest to an OOo supported by Apache, but
feading on the developpement of LibO code.
Why they no changed the their license to Apache model, whithout lose
the leadership? I believe that it's not for favor IBM Symphony.
Simply, OOo in their hands is dead but in hands of AF they would do
money eventually.
Who is the fork now?
Apache is a US entity, I am convinced that his weight has also.

Now, from the viewpoint of a minorized language like mine I do not
care if they use the translation that I have done in recent years to
OOo.org. I wish IBM would make a Galician version too but do not see
it close. Our best strategy, our weaknes, would make it as possible
for the development of payment is made through the TDF and admit
developing extensions in proprietary code.

Excuss my poor english.

Antón Méixome




2011/6/1 Andras Timar <timar74@gmail.com>:
> Hi,
>
> Probably you've read the news, OOo code and trademarks were given to
> Apache Foundation. For details start reading
> here:
> http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2011/06/01/statement-about-oracles-move-to-donate-openoffice-org-assets-to-the-apache-foundation/
> and here: http://www.gnome.org/~michael/blog/2011-06-01.html
>
> Let me shortly comment this – wearing my localizer hat. Apache
> Foundation requires Apache License which is not a copyleft license. It
> allows use of the source code – and my translations, too – for the
> development of proprietary software. Incidentally, that's what IBM is
> doing and probably will do in the future: they after all want code
> others wrote for free, while keeping their code proprietary and
> occasionally dumping the unimportant parts to an open core to ease
> maintenance. I feel reluctant to support this scheme.
>
>
> Best regards,
> Andras
>
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