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

I have some disagreements with some of these statements, but I am a guest
here. I would like to answer queries and concerns, rather than attempt to
change opinions. In other words, I don't see a good way to respond to this,
if that's what you are seeking.

Cheers,
-g

On Jun 5, 2011 10:16 AM, "Simos Xenitellis" <simos.lists@googlemail.com>
wrote:
> ...
> What can the Apache Foundation provide to OpenOffice?
> 1. You start with zero community and you alienate the LibreOffice
community.
> 2. You will start building a community at some point in the future in
> some unknown way.
> 3. You are developers and can currently only deal with developer needs.
> 4. Your infrastructure is based on Subversion (SVN) which will make it
> difficult
> for other to share code. Git is not even in the immediate plans.
> 5. You are happy to get going with 20-30 core developers.
> 6. The Apache Foundation hosts over 150 projects and I fail to see
> any important user-centric software like OpenOffice.
>
> The essential need for the Apache Foundation involvement in this appears
to be
> so that IBM can continue to offer a proprietary product, IBM Lotus
Symphony,
> License Agreement at http://pastebin.com/uqbUTRg5
>
> Is IBM is trying to replicate what Sun/Oracle had with StarOffice,
> putting just enough resources
> for their own needs in order to ship their product?
>
> The Linux kernel is an amazing piece of software that it used in 92%
> of Top500 supercomputers,
> all sort of servers, mobile phones, most TVs and routers.
> And still, there is a single Linux kernel project thanks to the
> copyleft license.
> Everyone works on Linux because they cannot keep away their own
contributions;
> they have to share them with the community.
> Even the ARM architecture, where each ARM licensee went their own way,
> is going to get its cleanup.
> Because the code for all of them is already in the Linux kernel
repository.
> IBM makes money out of Linux by providing services. And IBM is even a
> top contributor to the Linux kernel.
> Would IBM hypothetically prefer to have the Linux kernel developed
> under the Apache Foundation?
>
> OO/LO are in this critical point where they can repeat the Linux
> copyleft success story
> and help ODF dominate the document formats.
>
> OO/LO is a complicated piece of code and will probably require big
> architectural changes.
> Having an Apache OpenOffice and a LibreOffice will slow down progress
> in major changes.
>
> Simos
>
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