[Leaplist] Novell again

[Damien McKenna]

On 12/5/06 11:09 AM, Fred Moore wrote:
>> They're *not* forking OOo, they're creating alternative builds with a new
>> default save format, big deal.
> 
> Anytime code changes from the base code of a project ie: developed or I should
> say changed and redestributed outside the standard project release tree I
> consider it a fork.   What do you consider a fork?.. Fred

That strict definition then means that every distro out there that has ever
created released forks of the software on their CDs.  I consider it a fork
when a separate project is spun off with its own name, etc, instead Novell
is just bundling a new exporter which they'll also be feeding back to the
original project when they get that far.  The "GPL-pure" releases of the
Mozilla projects are forks, I don't consider Novell's actions to be a fork
of OOo.
 
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