On 3 June 2014 11:42, Jürgen Schmidt <jogischm...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 03/06/14 10:03, Guy Waterval wrote: > > Hi Andrea, > > Hi all, > > > > 2014-06-03 8:41 GMT+02:00 Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org>: > > > >> Guy Waterval wrote: > >> > >>> I'd like to know which kind of contacts has the AOO project with the > >>> EuroOffice group > >>> > >> > >> No formal contacts, but representatives from Multiracio speak at > >> OpenOffice events, like the latest ApacheCon Europe: > >> https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/openoffice_track_at_apachecon_day > >> (internal links are now broken, since the site now points to ApacheCon > >> 2014, November in Budapest). > >> > > > > So, any *eventual* collaboration with the EuroOffice project would not be > > considered as a "casus belli" by the AOO project if it is ensured that > the > > contributions remain under ALv2.0 and therefore reusable by the AOO > > project? > > any collaboration under the known project rules/constraints is welcome > and very much appreciated. Open source can work only if you give > something back and don't take only. > > LO is a very bad example from my pov and EuroOffice don't give back > either as far as I know. At least not in a way where the project AOO > benefit from it. > > I highly agree with juergen, "collaboration" is a two-way street, and would be highly welcomed, together we are stronger.
"take only" is legal in terms of licensing, but is in my opinion against the concept of opensource. having said that, I welcome any collaboration that makes the software more useable. rgds jan I. Juergen > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
