Apache OpenOffice.org

While some people working on Apache OpenOffice.org seem to expect it to eventually leave the incubator stage and become a regular project, The Apache Foundation may be planning something different.

From the rumors at ApacheCon a couple of months ago, The Apache Foundation may be content with running OpenOffice.org through the incubator process, then releasing one fully-audited version of the code, which LibreOffice or any other project can incorporate. Whether the Foundation has any interest in any subsequent releases may be another matter altogether.

My impression is that Oracle's gift of the code somewhat embarrassed Apache, and this scenario is a way that the Foundation can benefit the general community, then bow out gracefully.