Re: Re: [dev] EducOOo donated code for ARM Linux port

Hi,


Le 19 févr. 11 à 14:02, Tor Lillqvist a écrit :

>> "EducOOo donated code for ARM Linux port" makes it sound you did  
>> the port.
>
> Me, I didn't understand if EducOOo is the subject or object here...  
> (And with issuezilla being down, I couldn't check the link either.)  
> Was it donated to EducOOo, or did EducOOo donate it to somebody else?


I do represent EducOOo non profit association, who aims to contribute  
back to OpenOffice.org. And we'll continue until there is a good  
reason to stop.
A copy of the full patch I donated is available at :  http:// 
eric.bachard.free.fr/patches/OOo4Kids/linux_arm/arm_DEV300_m93.diff


Inside this patch, there is something important (and helpfull),  
written in ARM assembler. As discussed with Rene on IRC, define the  
arm target is matter of taste, and I don't care if this code is not  
fully used / ported into OpenOffice.org or elsewhere, the most  
important being the interlck.c part, and the fact people explain do  
not forget to mention I'm the author of the interesting part.


> And what does "donate" mean, exactly, in the context of Open Source  
> software? Or is this not Open Source?
>


Oracle - Sun developpers cannot directly reuse even one line of code  
from EducOOo repository (OOo4Kids and OOoLight), "as it". Mainly  
because out of the famous "Oracle Copyright Assignment".
To solve this legal issue, I wrote on IssueZilla, that the code is  
donated to OpenOffice.org, under a compatible license (LGPL v3 for  
instance).  Last, I attached a patch I wrote onto OpenOffice.org IZ.

When I got a complicated questions, Sun-Oracle engineers always  
answer, and help me.  And I appreciate that.
In one word:  yes, this is open source, and free software.


Regards,
Eric Bachard

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