Re: [tdf-discuss] Explanation . . . ?

 Le 2010-09-30 15:32, jonathon a écrit :
> On 09/29/2010 05:45 PM, Bernhard Dippold wrote:
>
> > If they insist on keeping the trademark given to Sun Microsystems becau
> se the community hadn't an entity to claim violations and abuse,
>
> I seriously doubt that Oracle will donate the trademarks to Document
> Foundation.
>
> Selling them is a possibility, but the price would probably be for
> whatever OOo, as an independent company, would sell for.
>
> As such, all planning should be done on the basis that the project has
> been rebranded to LibreOffice.
>
> jonathon

It wouldn't surprise me if Oracle did hand over the "OpenOffice.org" 
trademark name. They will no doubt have been on this mailist and seen 
how many of the localization teams have moved to the LibreOffice group. 
I don't think that this change in direction was a big surprise to them 
as it wasn't for the "OpenOffice.org" community. It would be in their 
interest as corporate citizens to establish good will with the 
"OpenOffice.org" community, and, as the LibreOffice is happening with or 
without the "OpenOffice.org" name, the game to them is lost. It's just a 
matter of clearing all liabilities from their end of their business 
model and joining the Document Foundation project along with everyone 
else. I don't think that there is any animosity between the group, we 
should all be thankful that Sun bought and delivered the code to OSS 
regardless of how they may or may not have run the "code" approval 
system. Just imagine the pre-StarOffice days, when the only real word 
processor in town was MSOffice and Wordperfect had been decimated by its 
competitor. Without Sun's generosity, we would not now be in a position 
to create a foundation based on an OSS office suite.

So, "hats off" and congratulations first of all to Sun Microsystems who 
gave us this wonderful piece of software,  and hopefully, "hats off" 
with congratulations and upmost of thanks to Oracle for helping us with 
the transition from being under the safety of a corporate umbrella to a 
document foundation based on OSS and the sharing of code. Oracle/Sun 
would then be remembered as a darling corporation who helped foster OSS 
adoption. With a little luck, Oracle could offer support for the 
Document Foundation with seed money and hardware facilities/support 
until the foundation's business model is put into work and able to stand 
on its own financially. This is what happened to Mozilla when it first 
set out on its own.

Hopefully, the LibreOffice will be only a temporary and brief episode 
and the "OpenOffice.org" brand will live on along with the great 
community that it has always had. Let's keep the lines of communication 
open and remain positive.

Cheers

Marc
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