<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Lennart Sorensen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7Gw@public.gmane.org.ca">lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys@public.gmane.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Thu, Jun 02, 2011 at 10:15:40PM -0400, Kyle Winkler wrote:<br>
> I don't think this really matters. The non-Oracle employed community,<br>
> along with all the Linux distros, are moving to Libreoffice. OpenOffice<br>
> simply wasn't getting where it needed to go fast enough. We'll see if<br>
> LibreOffice can fix this.<br>
><br>
> If the Document Foundation people really want Oracle's new Apache-Licensed<br>
> contributions, they could try to move to the GPLv3, which Apache is<br>
> compatable with. It would be difficult to do that with so many copyright<br>
> holders, but it might work of the code is compelling enough.<br>
<br>
</div>The problem for Oracle of course is that they really want some of the<br>
LibraOffice MPL/GPL contributions which they can't have this way.<br>
<br>
Oracle really seems to be making huge mistakes in every decision they<br>
make. Amazing. They are acting like a spoiled child. If things don't<br>
go their way and they eventually have to admit their way isn't working,<br>
they still have to go and spite everyone some more in the process.<br>
<br>
And given how much they don't like apache, this move just doesn't make<br>
any sense.<br>
<br clear="all"></blockquote><div><br>Yeah, I was reading that right now Oracle is demanding all e-mail communications between Apache and Google. I guess Oracle thinks that Google and Apache are ganging up and stealing Java (like someone would want to steal a broken down Ford) for their Android project(s). Oracle only likes the Apache license, it means they don't have to abide by the copyleft provisions in GPL. <br>
<br></div></div>-- <br><div>Thomas Milne</div><br>