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

Allen Pulsifer wrote:
> Thorsten Behrens wrote:
> > ...you don't discuss e.g. trademark issues on a public list, if you want
> to stand a chance actually obtaining it.
>
> I can see how you might believe this, but I'm not sure it is grounded in
> fact or experience.
Hi Allen, oh, I was referring to LibreOffice / TDF here.

> [handing OOo to ASF]
>
> Regardless of who's "fault" this is, had the discussions been done in public
> and involved all of the community instead of a select group, the results
> might have been different.
You lost me here - it was Oracle who decided this behind closed
doors. If that was the point you wanted to make earlier, then I of
course agree that this was unfortunate.

> That's water under the bridge at this point, but given the
> results, a little bit of introspection and willingness to make
> accommodations might benefit everyone.
That's universally true, indeed. :)

Cheers,

-- Thorsten

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