[odf-discuss] Abiword gets requests for OOXML, not ODF

[marbux]

On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 7:07 AM, Maximilian Odendahl <
max.odendahl at t-online.de> wrote:

> spec. I have a somewhat vague recollection of a change coming in ODF
>> 1.2 that might resolve their interop issue in regard to handling of
>> comments, IIRC the ability to anchor annotations (comments) to a text
>> span.
>>
>
> yes, this is correct and this change will be included in ODF 1.2
> see also http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/office/200708/msg00007.html
>

It's good to know that my memory is still at least partially reliable. :-)
That gets to be a concern as one ages. Thanks.

>
>
>  ..Sun.... exclusive
>> grip on the OOo code base commit rights.
>>
>
> You keep saying this in several emails now, but it is simply not true, e.g.
> I do have full commit rights and no relation with Sun. Any CWS which is
> approved by QA - which does *not* have to come from Sun engineering - is
> integrated into the main code line
>

I need to understand this so I don't repeat erroneous information. I hope
you might have a link to the relevant governance provisions I could look at.
As I understand it, the Sun control over commit rights has been an issue in
the OOo community for quite awhile. See e.g., Ken Foskey's comments here, <
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9037499>,


The contributor's Joint Copyright Assignment is rather plain in bestowing
the code commitment decision to Sun:

"1. Contributor owns, and has sufficient rights to contribute, all source
code and related material intended to be compiled or integrated with the
source code for the OpenOffice.org open source product (the "Contribution")
which Contributor has ever delivered, *and Sun has accepted, for
incorporation* into the technology made available under the OpenOffice.org
open source project."

The new SCA contributors' agreement is similar.

What am I missing?

Best regards,

Paul
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