[tdf-discuss] Re: [Libreoffice] Proposal to join Apache OpenOffice

> And finally, whether it would make any sense from the technical point of view for LibreOffice 
> contributors to even try to participate in OOo at ASF depends very much on what actually ends up 
> there, and in what direction it is taken by the presumed main driving force, IBM. For all we 
> know, it might be that the code that is eventually dumped in ASF's SVN (!) is a subset that 
> doesn't even build, and then IBM starts adding its own hitherto proprietary stuff including build 
> mechanisms that makes it into a completely different beast than what we are used to. I suspect 
> lots of Java is involved, and that is not necessarily that popular around here. As if 
> understanding and using the "old" OOo build mechanisms which have been somewhat adapted at LO 
> wasn't hard enough.

Good point, Tor. Is the source code available somewhere already?
I wouldn't join any Open Source project if I can't see the source code first :)

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