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>I can think of no reason why Oracle would decide to donate the OOo project to the Apache foundation other than to generate confusion in the marketplace and def
by sksnxjis 10y ago
>I can think of no reason why Oracle would decide to donate the OOo project to the Apache foundation other than to generate confusion in the marketplace and deflect criticism.
For a tax break? No, those assets have already been written off as R&D. Maybe it's just for the PR. I cannot conceive of Larry Ellison doing anything out of altruism.
- pbhjpbhj 10y agoCan you write off IPR as R&D? You could probably massively over-inflate the value of the OO.org trademarks (and the copyrights). Donating then might be a financial mechanism, it dumps the trademarks but also prevents others from using them without having to use them yourself??? Oracle and Apache's accounts would show what's happening there.
- Grishnakh 10y agoThis is a conspiracy theory, but perhaps MS paid them off to do it this way just to generate confusion.