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1. Mike Linksvayer LibreOffice

   http://people.gnome.org/~michael/blog/2012-04-26-ooo-comparison.html I missed that !libreoffice moving to MPL2. link with background anyone?

   about a year ago from web
   • idoric repeated this.
   • Mike Linksvayer LibreOffice

     ps as curious as it'll be to see AOO and LO develop somewhat separately, they really ought re-merge...

     about a year ago
   • Mike Linksvayer Copyleft

     ...give OO brand to LO, rename, shut down AOO. Surely IBM can work with super weak MPL2 !copyleft? #speakingfromignorance

     about a year ago
   • Neil Darlow LibreOffice

     @mlinksva The LibreOffice site states that it is currently LGPLv3 but new contributions are to be dual licensed LGPLv3 and MPL. No switching

     about a year ago
   • Mike Linksvayer LibreOffice , Neil Darlow

     @neildarlow that's what I thought, but Meeks wrote "LibreOffice plans to move wholesale to the category-b Mozilla Public License (MPLv2)"

     about a year ago
   • Neil Darlow LibreOffice

     @mlinksva I suppose going MPL would appease enterprises that have a no GPL attitude. It might encourage more contributions from those areas.

     about a year ago
   • Mike Linksvayer LibreOffice , Neil Darlow

     @neildarlow yes. which would be ironic, if not requiring contribution netted more contribution. has anyone looked beyond anecdata?

     about a year ago
   • Richard Fontana

     @mlinksva LO contributors have been declaring all contributions available under LGPLv3+/MPL incl past. contribs to OOo; Red Hat too.

     about a year ago