[native-lang] Re: [project leads] Re: [native-lang] Change in Lead

On 2010-10-14, at 21:40 , Joey Stanford wrote:

>> This is not an Oracle issue. Rather, it's a longstanding OpenOffice.org policy not to permit the use of our resources for the advocacy of other projects or interests.
> 
>> The issue at stake is not an us vs. them thing.
> 
> By your own admission, it is. Regardless of whether Charles should or
> should not have posted, you've just told everyone that even though the
> code base between OpenOffice and LibreOffice is the same, and many of
> the people are currently the same, Oracle doesn't want to collaborate
> but rather dictate.  This just adds to the justification of the fork
> that just happened.

I have said that? I'm curious to know when. But I'll save some time. My point is rather that there is both actual and probably confusion and that's a bad thing, for OpenOffice.org. Again, this is not an Oracle thing; it is a longstanding policy of OpenOffice.org's.  We also happily accept those working on and affiliated with other projects to work on OpenOffice.org; but we also expect them then, if they become representatives of the project, to do so without the shadow of a conflict of interest. In this case, I believe there is a conflict of interest. Logically, there must be: else, there would not have been a split in the first place. 

-louis