By donating the open source code and ceding control of the future development of the free productivity suite that has been a key driver of Open Document Format (ODF) based solutions, potential new alliances emerge.
Stay tuned - it's just getting interesting.OpenForum Europe broadly welcomes the announcement that Oracle contributes to The Apache Software Foundation’s Incubator, a move supported by IBM. I have a strong feeling that OO.org will be accepted, but it's not like Oracle can simply plop the project in Apache's lap.
It's also worth noting that it's a process to become accepted in Apache's Incubator. While it'd be nice to see Oracle cooperate with TDF, I suspect that the company has some legitimate reasons for favoring a well-established organization like Apache. It might also mean that Oracle and Apache are burying the hatchet. So this may not be 100% optimal, but it looks like things are moving in a positive direction. We all want to offer corporate and individual users worldwide the best free office suite for enterprise and personal productivity." This may be an interesting case of "coopetition" between Apache and TDF, rather than animosity - the TDF statement says that Apache Software President Jim Jagielski has already been in touch and that they anticipate "frequent contacts between the Apache Software Foundation and The Document Foundation over the next few months. There has never been a better time to get involved and advance the state of the art in free software office suites." So, ultimately, TDF says that it's "neutral" for the foundation which "remains open to every company, individual or foundation that wishes to participate in co-development. The Document Foundation believes that commercially-friendly, copy-left licensing provides the best path to constructive participation in, and growth of the project. The Apache License is compatible with both the LGPLv3+ and MPL licenses, allowing TDF future flexibility to move the entire codebase, to MPLv2 or future LGPL license versions. On the bright side, one benefit of this arrangement is the potential for future-proof licensing. The Document Foundation, the organization behind LibreOffice, has issued a statement, and says that it "regrets the missed opportunity" to reunite the projects, but looks at the bright side:
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