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LibreOffice Going Online and Mobile

Posted by timothy on from the this-rocks-quite-hard dept.

itwbennett writes "News from the LibreOffice Conference in Paris is trickling out. Blogger Brian Proffitt has a roundup of the conference announcements thus far. Notably included are plans for a browser-based version of LibreOffice called LibreOffice Online; and ports of LibreOffice to the Android and iOS platforms."

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  1. LibreOffice Online... by Zibodiz · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Would that be hosted with cloud storage? If not, I'm not sure what the benefit would be. If it will be, then who will be carrying the tab?

    1. Re:LibreOffice Online... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Not true. With the GPL, you don't have any rights or access to the source code unless they distribute something to you. With a website, you may use the software, but there is no distribution. They need to release it under a truly FREE license (such as the AGPL) so that everyone will have access to the source code without distribution.

  2. Re:Or... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yeah, it really needs a ribbon thing so that one can hide all the menu items behind huge icons and 'mouse over' moves. It is important to have huge icons, since people who use a word processor obviously cannot read and therefore cannot use menus...