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FSF, OpenOffice.org Team Reach Agreement on Java

Posted by timothy on from the detente dept.

Bruce Byfield points out his NewsForge (part of OSTG) article about something good coming out of the conflict over Java in OpenOffice.org. It begins "A dispute between the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and OpenOffice.org (OOo) over the increased use of Java in the upcoming version 2.0 release of OOo is over -- at least for now. The two groups have found a short-term solution, and are working together on ways to keep the dispute from happening again." The story provides a decent background on why it matters, and shows a surprisingly conciliatory attitude on both sides.

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  1. Duh! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    As far as I can see the FSF (Free Software Foundation) will destroy the exact same concept they created and many of us agreed to use.

    By actions like this and past concerns on some other well known software projects, developers like me will not release their software under anything related to the GPL.

    I think that somebody should stop FSF. Their work isn't to complaint, their work is to give us ("developers") a legal floor to walk. As developer, the last stuff I want to worry about is license problems. License I/we decided to use in a given moment for a given product.

    I think that the FSF should stop to put their nouses where nobody wants. Otherwise proprietary licenses will start to become a common factor around us.

  2. Re:Free as in "do as we say" by Megaweapon · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Exactly! This is why the BSD licenses are more "free" (free as in "freedom") than the GPL. This "I have a right to YOUR source code" nonsense goes past what "free" really means.

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  3. how will businesses respond by b17bmbr · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    How will businesses respond to this squabble over what to them will appear to be two kids pissing. If we want F/OSS to gain market share, credibiltiy, and even parity, we need to put such idoelogically pure trivialities aside. I understand the need for "free" software, but if you are a firm contemplating OO.org, and you see this, what are you going to think? They will not migrate if they think they're dealing with a bunch of children.

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  4. Re:Free as in "do as we say" by Megaweapon · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Do you consider that a valid alternative when you have no counter-argument?

    Absolutely, given what I was replying to was not an argument but just plain idiocy.

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