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

Le 2011-06-05 05:04, e-letter a écrit :
> DF programmers should join the Apache OO committee merely to be aware
> of activities in this product. LO should remain separate as a full GPL
> product. Presumably, if DF members become aware of feature X becoming
> imminent in apache OO, they can make a proposal for a similar feature
> to be copied/improved in LO. The analogy is opera introducing tabbed
> web pages in a browser and firefox later introducing the same
> function.
>
> More separately developed ODF compliant products in the market is a
> good result, just like there are numerous gnu/linux distributions for
> users to choose. The proliferation of many ODF products gives powerful
> confidence to users that if apache OO (any other ODF compliant
> product( disappears, the user can switch to using LO. It should be
> remembered that this cannot occur with m$o and this is the single most
> dominant benefit of numerous ODF programs to the user. It is the
> "killer reason" to use LO.
>
> In summary, please do not merge apache OO (or any non-(L)GPL) code with LO.

Ahem .., or we could just ignore our ASF lurkers, keep working on our 
great product, let OOo go unsupported and gather dust as it was in 
Oracle's hands.

We have a truly community oriented and supported product with great 
licenses as opposed to a restrictive ASF product. We do not need to join 
the ASF OOo project for code as we can include some of it in our product.

Why join a product line that was left in controversy only to join 
another group with the same product that is now built on controversy?

This is the reason the TDF group left Oracle/Sun to create a more equal 
community. There is no point in participating in a group of unequals again.

Let's just get back to what we are good at doing, leave the lurkers 
silent rather than giving them a platform (which is what they want). We 
are the community they wish they had.

Cheers

Marc


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