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I believe IBM still support OOo. At the time of the fork, they were (and still are) making Lotus Symphony (free as-in beer, based on OOo code) OpenOffice.org
by dutom 15y ago
I believe IBM still support OOo.
At the time of the fork, they were (and still are) making Lotus Symphony (free as-in beer, based on OOo code)
OpenOffice.org - Apache License
LibreOffice - LGPLv3
- bkor 15y agoI know that is the reason for starting the OOorg on Apache, so the license stuff is easier for IBM. I just don't think it'll work. Most distribution companies prefer GPL because in that case everybody benefits. You cannot take the work of all companies, then do your on thing on top and don't give back. Believe it would be easier to not have Lotus Symphony open source. That, or change strategy and rely on brandname. I don't think it matters much that something is fully open sourced and can be reused by another company. Marketing, trademark and strong brand (meaning: trusted, supported, reliable) goes a long way. Can still ask money for it, and if someone wants to give it away for free they'll have to use a different name for it (similar to the Firefox name in Debian).
- pwaring 15y agoThe Iceweasel name in Debian is not because Debian give away Firefox for free (as in no cost), it's because Mozilla only allow you to call the software Firefox if you use an official build (or get permission for non-official builds), and I believe the artwork also has a proprietary licence, making it non-free by Debian's definition.