Hello *, > -----Original Message----- > From: Simon Phipps [mailto:si...@webmink.com] > Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2021 12:42 AM > To: dev > Subject: Re: A free project does not need distorting propaganda
> The code demonstrably has starting points that are 30 years > old as stated. > For example, see /main/tools/source/generic/gen.cxx > <https://github.com/apache/openoffice/blob/b1cdbd2c1b0c99b9e8c > 2ff5f17cc0127551a8f62/main/tools/source/generic/gen.cxx> > which includes plenty of code from the early 90s, including > the various > methods for Rectangle created 19.03.90 by Thomas Hosemann at > and after line > 312. > > Apache OpenOffice and LibreOffice have a heritage that demonstrably > stretches past their inception, past the inception of their > predecessor > OpenOffice.org, back 30+ years of continuously-improved source code, > arguably right back to the Z80 code Marco wrote in 1985 > (although that is > not claimed here). Even with outdated code and comments > removed (as has > largely happened in LibreOffice) we still have a Ship of > Theseus situation. > The statement for FrOSCon seems perfectly sound to me. No, not perfect, but only possibly not formally wrong. You really think it's a good style to refer us to proprietary software? For what specific purpose? What do we gain by a visibly quite constructed age extension? I will tell you what we lose: a part of straightforwardness and truthfulness that so far pleasantly distinguishes us from LibreOffice. Why should we go down this path, what concrete use is it to us? What is important to us and what less? The ASF is a foundation under US law, perhaps my concern becomes clearer when I ask: What are the citizens of the USA proud of first and foremost? Their independence or the fact that they came from old Europe? The Europe they left because they sought freedom. We have the choice to publicly emphasize what is important to us, freedom or formal technical connections with an unfree software. greetings, Jörg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
