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From: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip@tutopia.com>
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Subject: Re: ooo-myspell at apache-extras.org
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+1=0A=0AI don't want to send Apache back to the spell checker in=0AOOo 2.x,=
 and the LO guys have made a nice job creating=0Aindependent Hunspell+lang =
dictionaries already.=0A=0AWhat I am doing with MySpell is just making sure=
 it doesn't=0Adisappear so that if someone needs an alternative he/she/them=
=0Awon't have to start from scratch.=0A=0AFWIW, today I made my first and f=
inal release :-P.=0A=0APedro.=0A=0A--- On Sat, 9/24/11, Andrea Pescetti wro=
te:=0A...=0A> On 22/09/2011 Pedro F. Giffuni=0A> wrote:=0A> > Hi Gianluca;=
=0A> > Is your work related to this version?=0A> > http://members.xoom.it/t=
rasforma/ispell/=0A> > Just wondering if we have to contact them too.=0A> =
=0A> Whatever this is, it is widely unrelated to the dictionary=0A> current=
ly included in OpenOffice.org 3.3. The best starting=0A> point for it is ht=
tp://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/dict-it=0A> (note that t=
he latest release is more recent than OOo 3.3=0A> and was supposed to be in=
cluded in OOo 3.4 as expected to be=0A> released by Oracle).=0A> =0A> The c=
urrent version is GPL3 and it has a few copyright=0A> holders (including Gi=
anluca and myself), but we are sure=0A> that some of the copyright holders =
will never give=0A> permission to relicense their work.=0A> =0A> But we nee=
d to open, at due time, a dedicated discussion on=0A> writing aids before s=
aying that GPL dictionaries cannot be=0A> used. Shipping an older Italian d=
ictionary (or no Italian=0A> dictionary at all) would be a huge regression =
and it would=0A> definitely lead to users abandoning OpenOffice.org in=0A> =
scores, and to community members feeling frustrated because=0A> their work =
of years is removed from OpenOffice.org just for=0A> the stubbornness of on=
e copyright holder opposing the=0A> license change.=0A> =0A> Workarounds ca=
n surely be found (like OOo offering to=0A> download GPL dictionaries upon =
installation or first run)=0A> and I'd urge to consider them before risking=
 to alienate=0A> entire native-lang communities.=0A> =0A> Regards,=0A> =A0 =
Andrea.=0A> =0A>