this needs wide distribution

Rui Miguel Silva Seabra rms at 1407.org
Fri Dec 22 09:48:54 UTC 2006


Sex, 2006-12-22 às 10:31 +0100, Xavi Drudis Ferran escreveu:
> > Ter, 2006-12-12 Ã s 09:36 +0000, Alex Hudson escreveu:
> 
> > Huge interpretation problem on *your* *side*:
> >
> > 	It's not <->, but only ->
> >
> > 	<- is impossible to do fully by definition of OXML
> >
> > 	Hence it's an ODF->OXML Microsoft-funded converter.
> >
> > To reject this backstage deal is not a specific political purpose, but a
> > matter of survival.
> >
> 
> To reject an extension to a free software program is trying to make
> it non free. Freedom in software must extend even to unwanted  acts.
> Fortunately the freedoms of really free software can't be taken back.
>
> Who do you think we are to reject free software contributions ?

If you notice, I said "reject this backstage deal".

There's no need for this "backstage deal" in order for OO.o to support
OpenXML. This was a deal which has had already achieved enormous
success:

	LOOK HOW WE'RE FIGHTING EACH OTHER OVER THIS SUBJECT!

Rui

-- 
+ No matter how much you do, you never do enough -- unknown
+ Whatever you do will be insignificant,
| but it is very important that you do it -- Gandhi
+ So let's do it...?
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