I also notice that the Apache CLA is not a copyright assignment, it is simply a non-exclusive license with the usual attestation that I have the right to grant the license and it is my original work. (Patch contributions apparently don't even require a CLA, but committers do.) One could make the same contribution to both an Apache project and LibreOffice, although it takes more work. For individual contributors such as myself: <http://www.apache.org/licenses/icla.txt> So, in that regard, it is not like the transfer that I understand Sun/Oracle required for contributions to OO.o. - Dennis PS: It is personally appealing to me that the Apache project proposes to use the tools I already use for other projects (i.e., Subversion and JIRA). I don't have any plans to contribute anything, but it is heartening to know that part of the learning curve would be handled for me if I chose to do so. -----Original Message----- From: Dennis E. Hamilton [mailto:dennis.hamil...@acm.org] <http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libreoffice/2011-June/013136.html> Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 13:12 To: 'Tibby Lickle'; 'libreoffice@lists.freedesktop.org' Subject: RE: [Libreoffice] FYI: Latest Oracle move wrt to OpenOffice.org I think this is about licenses. Under the Apache 2.0 license, I expect we will see contributions from IBM and others for whom reciprocal licenses are toxic. I recently noticed that the ODF Toolkit Java bits are Apache licensed already, so that is also helpful. [ ... ] At the moment, I feel a bit conflicted, caught straddling between preference for user discussions and bug submissions here, and my established desire to develop and contribute code that is acceptable to Apache-licensed projects. And hey, Subversion works for me. - Dennis PS: I notice that the proposal to create an Apache Incubator omits the risk of their being a fork and divided developer community. There is this presumption: "Both Oracle and ASF agree that the OpenOffice.org development community, previously fragmented, would re-unite under ASF to ensure a stable and long term future for OpenOffice.org. ASF would enable corporate, non-profit, and volunteer stakeholders to contribute code in a collaborative fashion." I agree with what ASF would enable, but I don't think it is in the power of ASF and Oracle to ensure re-uniting of the development community. [ ... ]
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