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Weblog:   Opening the potential of OpenOffice.org
Subject:   Community-building
Date:   2005-09-18 08:59:23
From:   moksha
OpenOffice might be "open source", but is it truly Free software? There are issues, like the use of (non-free) Java. It's not fully GPL'd. That's the reason for a lack of developers. Want to get more people excited about OpenOffice? Here's some practical advice: make it fully free.


Stop worrying about Linux. No single project is critical to it's success. It's doing fine and will continue to improve, slowly but surely -- what's the hurry? -- with or without OpenOffice.
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  • um no
    2005-09-18 18:28:21  eeanm [View]

    I really doubt there are many open source developers who care that much about the issues of Java being not-GPL. In fact, there are probably plenty of Java developers who enjoy the opportunity to contribute.
  • Community-building
    2005-09-18 17:13:46  dmh [View]

    This is really starting to sound more and more like FUD. OpenOffice.org is free/open source software, licensed under the LGPL. As far as free/open source Java platforms go GCJ compiles it well enough for Fedora, Ubuntu, etc. What more do you need for it to be "fully free"?
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