Oracle 'donates' OpenOffice.org to Apache foundation
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Re: Oracle 'donates' OpenOffice.org to Apache foundation
#2After they chased everyone away, now they just to just get rid of it and save themselves the hassle.They might as well donate all their Java patents to Google and save themselves another embarrassment.
Re: Oracle 'donates' OpenOffice.org to Apache foundation
#3After they chased everyone away, now they just to just get rid of it and save themselves the hassle.They might as well donate all their Java patents to Google and save themselves another embarrassment.
> They might as well donate all their Java patents to Google
Are you kidding?!
They could donate them to the FSF, ASF or any other non-profit entity dedicated to promote of free and open-source software. Donating them to Google would create a whole lot of temptations the folks in Mountain View really don't need.
Re: Oracle 'donates' OpenOffice.org to Apache foundation
#4Why the quotes around "donates"? This doesn't seem like a white elephant, or a trojan horse. It's commendable that they gave it up rather than let it rot.
Re: Oracle 'donates' OpenOffice.org to Apache foundation
#5As expected Oracle didn't donate it to The Document Foundation. There will be more calls to merge the OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice projects now. That is really what needs to be done, both office suites are still almost identical.
The Apache Software Foundation and The Document Foundation have to overcome their egos and do the right thing. Then we could credit TDF with 'liberating' OOO and ASF with closing the deal.
If they don't merge OOO and LO this 'donation' could create a new division in the Open Source community.
Re: Oracle 'donates' OpenOffice.org to Apache foundation
#6Why the quotes around "donates"? This doesn't seem like a white elephant, or a trojan horse. It's commendable that they gave it up rather than let it rot.
"despite Oracle's talk of 'donation', a lengthy process precedes the ASF's acceptance of candidates"
Re: Oracle 'donates' OpenOffice.org to Apache foundation
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Re: Oracle 'donates' OpenOffice.org to Apache foundation
#8GNOME and LibreOffice developer Michael Meeks' summary:
"Apparently this is a somewhat divisive attempt by an exiting Oracle, along with IBM to sideline the existing developer community, their governance, their aspirations, membership, licensing choice (explicitly adapted to meet IBM's needs incidentally), bylaws, and so on. All of this despite a profound, frequently stated open-ness to including new (particularly large) corporate contributors inside TDF, and taking their advice seriously."
Re: Oracle 'donates' OpenOffice.org to Apache foundation
#9It sounds to me like Oracle realized that they didn't quite grok community driven open-source projects and are finally starting to donate them to good homes (Jenkins to Eclipse and OOo to Apache). All it took was for the projects to go through the hell of major forks before Oracle realized what was going on.
It's probably too late to engender any kind of good will out to this though. They put both of those communities through hell. And neither of these products fall under an Oracle core-competency.
But I wouldn't expect the same result with either Java or MySQL anytime soon. Those are both things that Oracle "gets" and knows how to extract profit from.
Re: Oracle 'donates' OpenOffice.org to Apache foundation
#10After they chased everyone away, now they just to just get rid of it and save themselves the hassle.They might as well donate all their Java patents to Google and save themselves another embarrassment.
> They might as well donate all their Java patents to Google Are you kidding?! They could donate them to the FSF, ASF or any other non-profit entity dedicated to promote of free and open-source software. Donating them to Google would create a whole lot of temptations the folks in Mountain View really don't need.
But they have "Don't be evil" as a motto. How could they possibly be tempted by that?