--- Jim Herrmann wrote:
Leo Mauler wrote:
Oh great. Any FOSS CD with OpenOffice.org on it
would
need a non-FOSS Java installer on it too for a lot
of
things (and I presume that Java has restrictive redistribution licensing...):
My new Kubuntu installation uses a JRE from the Free Software Foundation in OOo. I'm pretty sure that would not be license encumbered.
I don't know why people are so concerned about Java, or surprised to find java code in Openoffice. It's sort of like being upset when someon includes PHP in a php shoppingcart application. Openoffice was written by Java coders from Sun, people tend to reuse code they've written for other application when writing new ones. I also have never seen anything so restricvtive in Java licensing. Sure it's not as open as GPL, so what? There are GPL Java RE versions out there. Use one of them if you are so against Java licensing. Only, be aware these are not as well supported and functional ... yet. All this attacking those bearing gifts is a bit over the top. Someone makes a really sophisticated office application, albeit a bit heavy on resources, available for free (as in beer and as in speech), and what thanks do they? I'd like to see someon else write such a sophisticated app and do it in a less resource intensive way. It's not easy write a million lines of code and do it in a way that is the most efficient. While Koffice is great, there are things OO can do that aren't possible to do in KWord or in MS Word for that matter.