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From: Ross Gardler <rgardler@apache.org>
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Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 22:56:16 +0100
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On 5 Jun 2011, at 19:21, Niall Pemberton <niall.pemberton@gmail.com> wrote:

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> IMO the only negative thing then about LibreOffice is the copyleft
> license - everything else about them is great. When deciding whether
> to accept OO we should consider whether that and facilitating BigCos
> interests is worth splitting the FOSS community.
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> I am considering voting -1 to this proposal for those reasons.

I've been considering these same issues. But I've come out with a different v=
iew.=20

If Foo decides they can contribute to an Apache Licensed OO.o but not a copy=
left LO then I'd rather have Foo contribute.=20

This does not force a split in the community. The copyleft LO can still use =
Foo's code. They may choose not to, but it is not our actions, here in the i=
ncubator, that force that choice.=20

By facilitating Foo we are also facilitating any number of other businesses,=
 large and small. Permissively minded and copyleft (not all copyleft minded f=
olk, true).

I've been ready to vote for a while, but I do think we need to give TDF/LO f=
olk more time. Deciding to accept this code (for me) is easier than them dec=
iding whether to sign up as initial committers or not.=20

Ross


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> Niall
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>> I saw there is a lot of support for this proposal and the initial
>> committers list has grown immense in just a few days. There is already
>> a good amount of mentors and I will add myself too. Code grant seems
>> to be OK and all the other entry criterias seem to be taken. If the
>> would vote would be today, I would vote +1 clearly, because everything
>> we want in the Incubator seem to be solved.
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>> Again are we able to vote on the podling? If no, please specifiy why?
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>> Cheers,
>> Christian
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