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Lack of developers delays OpenOffice.org (ComputerWorld)Lack of developers delays OpenOffice.org (ComputerWorld)Posted Apr 20, 2005 16:56 UTC (Wed) by AJWM (guest, #15888)In reply to: Lack of developers delays OpenOffice.org (ComputerWorld) by JoeBuck Parent article: Lack of developers delays OpenOffice.org (ComputerWorld)
The assignment language also prevents OpenOffice.org developers from incorporating code from other GPL projects, GPL'd libraries, etc, unless they can track down and get assignment from the authors of same. You won't see a Qt-based version of OOo anytime soon, for example, because of the licensing issue. (Aside from whatever horror would be involved in ripping out the GUI and replacing it with another -- rarely a trivial undertaking.)
That leads to countless re-invented wheels and a yet-steeper learning curve for any would-be developer. It's missing one of the key advantages of releasing it GPL-only, namely being able to take advantage of the existing GPL codebase and developers' expertise in that.
It'd be interesting to see how quickly a GPL-only fork (FreeOffice?) would outpace Star/OpenOffice, if that were ever to happen.
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