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Relicensing and rebasing LibreOfficeRelicensing and rebasing LibreOfficePosted May 29, 2012 5:41 UTC (Tue) by drag (subscriber, #31333)Parent article: Relicensing and rebasing LibreOffice
I hope they can do this without spending very much time on it.
In terms of features that actually matter to users 'Is it MPL licensed?' ranks very low.
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Relicensing and rebasing LibreOffice Posted May 29, 2012 6:48 UTC (Tue) by jzbiciak (✭ supporter ✭, #5246) [Link]
What about the other licenses that become available, according to the article? ie. "GPLv3.0+, LGPLv3.0+, and the AGPLv3.0+"
Relicensing and rebasing LibreOffice Posted May 29, 2012 7:58 UTC (Tue) by ballombe (subscriber, #9523) [Link]
Only the + matter: LO is already LGPLv3 which is compatible with GPLv3.0, LGPLv3.0, and the AGPLv3.0 (without the +)
Relicensing and rebasing LibreOffice Posted May 29, 2012 8:32 UTC (Tue) by drag (subscriber, #31333) [Link]
When a accountant is trying to figure out how to work his Excel spreadsheet out in LibreOffice I think that it's not going to matter much to him at all if the software is AGPL compatible.
Relicensing and rebasing LibreOffice Posted May 31, 2012 23:54 UTC (Thu) by jmorris42 (subscriber, #2203) [Link]
> ..it's not going to matter much to him at all if the software
> is AGPL compatible.
AGPL might not matter so much, but MPL will be vital. MPL can be distributed in app stores so if the device is a Windows 8 tablet or an iProduct it means he has the choice of using LibreOffice.
Most OO.o users are on Windows and it is about to be closed to GPL apps. First on ARM, then on x86. iProducts have been closed off for years.
Yes it sucks.
Relicensing and rebasing LibreOffice Posted Jun 9, 2012 21:03 UTC (Sat) by steffen780 (guest, #68142) [Link]
And iProducts are loosing market share all the time, whilst Windows Phone is irrelevant, and by the looks of it Win8 will make Vista look like a resounding success.
Relicensing and rebasing LibreOffice Posted Jun 9, 2012 21:06 UTC (Sat) by steffen780 (guest, #68142) [Link]
Sorry for the self-reply: There's nothing in the (L|A|)GPL preventing it from being sold in app stores in general. It is only that some *insert nasty word of your choice* corporate parasites have prohibited all forms of GPL from "their" app store. The appstore with the biggest, and afaik growing, market share (Google) is perfectly fine with all forms of GPL.
Relicensing and rebasing LibreOffice Posted Jun 1, 2012 14:01 UTC (Fri) by Lovechild (guest, #3592) [Link]
It might be that "Is this License X?" ranks low but questions that result directly from that rank very high, such as "Is LibreOffice available for my iPad?". Under its current licensing scheme I do not believe Apple would allow it in the iOS App Store.
Not having our Open Source alternatives available to users on the iOS platform represents what is likely the biggest lost opportunity to reach users we have ever seen. Just look at the sales numbers, Apple sold more iPads last year than they have sold of Mac's in their entire lifetime as a company, they also outsold every major PC vendor. That trend is just going to continue.
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