On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 10:47 AM, William A. Rowe Jr. <wr...@rowe-clan.net> wrote:
> > others, "Free/Libre" software. Nobody is suggesting that any AL work > is ever "Free/Libre". There is a multiplicity of Open Source thought, > and we won't go into detail, others have done so better than the two > of us can. The first step to abandoning the Apache license is for others to recognize like you have that it is not a "free/libre" license. I don't know why people bother to put the Apache text at the top of every file, when someone else can just as quickly remove / relicense it. Anyway, that is for another day other than the fact that I think IBM should be endorsing the LGPL / GPL as their preferred license. > > With that said... > >> LibreOffice is a success, and way ahead of you guys > > As an advocate of the one true license, I make several assumptions; > that you have a disdain for the Microsoft and OS/X ports, as those > operating systems are not Free. You aren't particularly keen on the > BSD ports either, not because it is not Free, but that it does not > promote the cause of software freedom. You have a goal of having > the best collection of software possible available on Free Operating > Systems, notably Linux. Sorry for any mischaracterization, but I > would like to use your strong post to draw out this point; You assumptions are wrong. I am a former MS employee but have no disdain for them, and I've written words demonstrating that. I have nothing against the Mac but the incompatible keystrokes. Not sure if it rises to the level of disdain. Don't focus on me, focus on the GPL and LibreOffice. > > But I don't see any licensing argument for LibreOffice to even try > to be the preeminent Windows or OS/X port of the software, since > by definition improving GPL works for a closed source operating > system is something of an oxymoron. LibreOffice has not decided to abandon Windows and the Mac. Lots of geek communities build free software that works on multiple hardware / OSes, and as the work has already been done, they just have to maintain it. They would be foolish to get rid of it, and they are not fools. -Keith --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
