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

On 06/07/2011 05:26 PM, Greg Stein wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 21:05, NoOp <glgxg@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > On 06/04/2011 05:10 PM, Jim Jagielski wrote:
> > ...
> > > Whether OOo lives or dies in Apache, Oracle has made it abundantly
> > > clear that this is it... This is one promise I fully expect Oracle
> > > will keep :/
> >
> > Interesting...
> >
> > Could you clarify that statement?
> >
> > 1. @ASF: What happens to OOo if ASF votes *not* to accept the OOo
> > project into the incubator? And it that is the case, what happens to the
> > OOo software that has been granted to the ASF by Oracle?
>
> We already have a recorded software grant from Oracle. So in that
> sense, we can release that code under the ALv2 right now. Normally,
> Apache will only make releases after appropriate review and testing.
> But if a project doesn't even get started, then there is nobody to
> perform that process, so podlings that do not start or do not graduate
> never get a chance to release the code.
>
> In this case, it is quite extra-ordinary. As a Director of the
> Foundation, I would lobby my fellow Board members to construct a
> tarball of the granted source files and drop that onto one of our
> servers. "Take it as-is. No warranty implied" and all that. I am
> pretty confident that the Board would agree to such an action.
>
> > 2. @TDF: More importantly (from my POV) - what, if any, affect will this
> > have on TDF/LO if OOo 'dies in Apache'?
>
> I suspect TDF will simply continue as before. They could "rebase"
> their files from the ALv2-licensed files, providing a much greater
> flexibility in the licensing of their overall work.
>
> > Apologies if this may have already been asked & answered. If so, can
> > someone point me to the appropriate messges within the hundreds of posts
> > & many, many threads on the ASF incubator list, or on this list?
>
> Not a problem. There is a ton of email, and maybe not enough hours in
> the day to deal with it :-) I saw your later query to Jim, asking for
> a response. He hasn't responded because he is away at a conference for
> a few days.
>
> Cheers,
> -g

Thanks Greg. Appreciate the response.

Gary Lee



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