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Oracle and Document Foundation are coming from different places. I don't know if it's fair to compare them like that. One reason that Oracle lost control of the
by zimbatm 4y ago
Oracle and Document Foundation are coming from different places. I don't know if it's fair to compare them like that. One reason that Oracle lost control of their projects is that the motivation behind is clearly profit-driven. It clashes with the motivations of OSS contributors who get the feeling of getting exploited.
You can argue that the Document Foundation also tries to make some profit but I would expect that it's in the spirit of allowing more contributors to be able to work on the project full time instead of lining the pockets of the shareholders. It's still a social good.