On Saturday 15 March 2014 22:43:16 you wrote: > On Saturday 15 March 2014 22:33:24 you wrote: > > On Sun, 16 Mar 2014 01:07:39 -0400 > > > > Herb Swift <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Using Open Office Writer version 4.0.1, how can I open a file > > > created by Word Perfect 6.1, file extension wpd? > > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > > > List Conduct Guidelines: > > > http://openoffice.apache.org/list-conduct.html To unsubscribe, > > > e-mail: [email protected] For additional > > > commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > Word Perfect filters were removed from OpenOffice 4 for copyright > > reasons. > > > > To open existing Word Perfect files these should be converted to > > OpenOffice formats. www.zamzar.com offer a free online service for > > many format types. > > > > With any format conversion there may be need for some slight > > reformatting. > > I have an archive of old WP docs, Libreoffice opens them. For work I > run WP* in a Windows vm, AOO for the rest. > > LO uses: > > Inst libwpd-0.9-9 (0.9.4-3 Debian:7.4/stable [amd64]) > Inst libwpg-0.2-2 (0.2.1-1 Debian:7.4/stable [amd64]) > Inst libwps-0.2-2 (0.2.7-1 Debian:7.4/stable [amd64])
The reason why, the libwp* libraries are licensed LGPL, which is ineligible for Apache licensed products. https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-x Peace, Greg ------------------------------------------- List Conduct Guidelines: http://openoffice.apache.org/list-conduct.html To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
