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

Le 2011-06-04 17:29, Christian Lohmaier a écrit :
> Hi *,
>
> On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 8:06 PM, Sam Ruby<rubys@apache.org>  wrote:
> > On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Ian Lynch<ianrlynch@gmail.com>  wrote:
> > > I should think there is probably
> > > broader commercial or legal reason for Oracle to hold on to the copyright
> > > such as tax relief or just in case it *might* somehow become valuable.
> >
> > Oracle offered to transfer the copyright, and I said that it was
> > neither necessary nor required.
>
> I second that. the TDF would have been more than pleased if Oracle
> would have re-licensed the code under LGPL+MPL combination (+apache
> and whatever). Copyright ownership is not required at all. Neither for
> Apache, nor for TDF.
>
> ciao
> Christian

Could not Apache Foundation do the same thing once it got the code?

Cheers

Marc


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