On 16-Nov-2006, simo wrote:
On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 08:49 +0100, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
Yes, but they released a copy of (most of) Star Office under the GPL, with the new name "OpenOffice.org".
LGPL, not GPL.
Alfred, do you understand the LGPL can be changed to GPL at any time by anyone? And why the f**k matters anyway?
It does matter, because LGPL is a less-strong copyleft than the GPL. If it didn't matter, the FSF wouldn't have made two separate licenses.
And give us a break! Your postings just irritate people and are deterring people from participation.
I saw nothing in Alfred's post but a polite, factual correction on a point that should be of interest to most readers of this list. I certainly don't find such posts irritating (so long as they only go to the list, of course).