FSF, OpenOffice.org Team Reach Agreement on Java

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.

Comments

Re:The concessions

[synthespian]

Would CmdrTaco and the /. crew please create a "Java fanboy" option in the moderator drop-down menu?

Re:double standards

[Doc Ruby]

I'd give Stallman a list of instructions for getting Intel to free the Pentium IP, but it cost too much for me to figure out and prepare for publication to charge less than he can afford to pay.

Re:Free as in "do as we say"

[Megaweapon]

I suspect you don't understand what exactly is "free" in this situation.

I'm going by RMS's idea of "free", in that he believes that all information should be world-viewable, regardless of one's possible desire to not show everything to the world. It's Stallman that said "Down with security!" since he wants access to *everything*.

...and for heaven's sake don't use the Linux kernel because you're too cheap to come up with an OS of your own or buy a ready-made one for your dvd player then whine when people bitch at you.

This tripe gets modded Insightful?

Re:Will this always happen.

[wheelbarrow]

I agree. Stallman is a 'true believer' in the same vein as Ted Kaczynski, David Duke, and Pol Pot.