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

Hi Alexandro,
Alexandro Colorado wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 8:57 AM, Steven Shelton <steven@sheltonlegal.net 
> <mailto:steven@sheltonlegal.net>> wrote:
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>     Okay, I get what's going on here with the new foundation being
>     created, but I think the way the announcements are done is a bit
>     confusing to the average person who is not an "insider" on the project.
>
>     Is LibreOffice a new fork of OOo, or is this essentially the same as
>     when the Mozilla Foundation completely took over the Netscape/Firefox
>     project? In other words, will new versions of OpenOffice.org continue
>     to be developed and supported/made available for download at
>     OpenOffice.org, or is OpenOffice.org (the product) now renamed
>     LibreOffice, meaning all new development will take place under that
>     moniker?
>
>     And is LibreOffice Beta the same as OpenOffice.org 3.3 Beta 1, but
>     rebranded? What's the relationship between the two?
>
>     This has GOT to be confusing to the average user. I've been fairly
>     involved in OOo for years, and *I'm* confused about what's happening
>     here. Can someone clear this up a bit?
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> The answer depends on oracle participation, the idea was not a fork but 
> a indepeendence of the community. If oracle want to work with the 
> foundation, we can go back to business as usual as OpenOffice.org.
>
> However if Oracle do not want to give back the brand (which was TM back 
> us in the beginning). Then we will jump as fork just yet. So we are 
> hesitant to call it a fork since Oracle hasn't send anything official.

That won't be a fork anyway, just the continuation of the community 
building. We won't change the licence and still use the same sources, 
only the CA/JCA/SCA is removed.

Kind regads
Sophie

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