Subject: Re: Fwd: Star vs. Open office
From: Justin Dieters (enderak@gci.net)
Date: Tue Feb 11 2003 - 20:56:11 AKST
From the OpenOffice.org faq:
Differences between StarOffice and OpenOffice.org
The source code available at OpenOffice.org does not consist of all
of the StarOffice code. Usually, the reason for this is that Sun pays to
license third party code to include in StarOffice that which it does not
have permission to make available in OpenOffice.org. Those things which
are or will be present in StarOffice but are not available on
OpenOffice.org include:
* Spell checking
o UPDATE: An Open Source Spell Checker is available that
handles Spell Checking.
* Certain fonts (including, especially, Asian language fonts)
* Help
o UPDATE: Help is now included with the Distribution.
* The database component (Adabas D)
* Templates
o UPDATE: Templates are available from the Documentation
project.
* Extensive Clip Art Gallery
* Some sorting functionality (Asian versions)
* Certain file filters
o UPDATE: WP Project is striving to get Word Perfect filters.
And, more to the specific question you asked:
3. Can Sun ever take away the code?
The simple answer to this is NO. Once code is released under the
LGPL, it can never be taken away. Once LGPL, always LGPL. Sun has no
plans to return to a closed-development model. Sun is subject to the
same rules as the rest of the community, including giving back
modifications under the LGPL (or a specification and reference
implementation under the terms of the SISSL). Thus, Sun can never take
away the code and the community's contributions to it. This code belongs
to the community as guaranteed by the LGPL and the SISSL.
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