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I feel like this will create another OpenOffice forking into LibreOffice kind of situation. I can see myself not being able to pay for the Enterprise product,
by aneutron 6y ago
I feel like this will create another OpenOffice forking into LibreOffice kind of situation.
I can see myself not being able to pay for the Enterprise product, but wanting it, and having the core part available to fork and extend.
It's a noble way to guarantee a good management and funding, but it's still rings different to how Open source feels. I don't know how to explain it, really. I'd say the one project that rings somewhat true to that spirit in my mind would be PostgreSQL.
That being said, I will always use and support LibreOffice and their descendants, should they exist in the future.
- dtech 6y agoDid I miss the presentation saying there will be feature differentiation? As far as I have seen it's all branding and support, so there isn't really a reason to fork for individuals. There is for enterprise, but at that point why not either purchase support from the authorized companies or join them
- aneutron 6y agoThe whole ordeal with the Online part led me to believe there will be feature differentiation. I might be wrong. It is indeed blurry on this particular matter.