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

On Jun 8, 2011, at 6:32 PM, Simon Phipps wrote:
> > Certainly being an independent, legally established foundation is
> > critical, isn't it, as compare to one which is "just" a legally
> > established one? Not saying that TDF isn't at all, but the
> > 'independent' part is important.
>
> Not really hugely important, as long as everything is open to scrutiny and beyond the control of 
> any interested party - transparency is the key, just like it is at Apache. Any organisation can 
> be gamed - it's a function of having rules, since "every system of rules contains within it the 
> game that plays it and ultimately subverts it"[1]. But it will indeed be good when TDF is able to 
> complete the bootstrap process so the innuendo can stop.

Agreed... the only reason I mention "independent" is that even
a clearly independent foundation such as the ASF has been alluded
to be in cahoots with IBM/Oracle regarding all this, so I'm sure
that TDF will get the same amount of scrutiny and baseless
claims, and being able to point to their independence will nip
that in the bud.

Cheers!


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