A discordant symphony

Posted Jan 17, 2013 11:15 UTC (Thu) by lmb (subscriber, #39048)
Parent article: A discordant symphony

> Given the way the AOO and LibreOffice projects view each other, and given that the Apache license gives LibreOffice the right to incorporate AOO code, it would not be surprising to see AOO developers working to defer the release of this code under their license for as long as possible. It would be embarrassing for LibreOffice to show up with Symphony features first, after all.

Open Source at it's best indeed.

A discordant symphony

Posted Jan 17, 2013 12:34 UTC (Thu) by mjw (subscriber, #16740) [Link]

To be honest I don't really understand what the big deal is. LibreOffice seems fine with reusing the code and properly recognizing the hackers that did it. Just look at the upcoming LibreOffice 4.0 Release Notes, which have a couple of improvements for which they thank Apache hackers:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/4.0