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> From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> |
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> b) 'libreoffice' - which is competing for the title 'most idiotic name ever' - |
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> is based on go-openoffice. Gentoo already uses the go-openoffice patches. |
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Based on what I read on the Document Foundation's website, I do not believe it |
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is based on Go-OOo at all; but that they just accepted the patches in |
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"mainline". |
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From their FAQ (http://www.documentfoundation.org/faq/) - emphasis mine: |
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Q: What does this announcement mean to other derivatives of OpenOffice.org? |
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A: We want The Document Foundation to be open to code contributions from as |
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many people as possible. We are delighted to announce that |
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the enhancements produced by the Go-OOo team will bemergedinto LibreOffice, |
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effective immediately. We hope that others will follow suit. |
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Ben |
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