From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Sep 1 2:36: 6 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mrelay.jrc.it (mrelay.jrc.it [139.191.1.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 379B215434 for ; Wed, 1 Sep 1999 02:36:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nick.hibma@jrc.it) Received: from elect8 (elect8.jrc.it [139.191.71.152]) by mrelay.jrc.it (LMC5692) with ESMTP id LAA12238; Wed, 1 Sep 1999 11:33:53 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 11:33:52 +0200 (MET DST) From: Nick Hibma X-Sender: n_hibma@elect8 Reply-To: Nick Hibma To: Dominic Mitchell Cc: Stephen Hocking-Senior Programmer PGS Perth , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: StarOffice giveaway of source code In-Reply-To: <19990901102753.A48380@voodoo.pandhm.co.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > On Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 04:53:42PM +0800, Stephen Hocking-Senior Programmer PGS Perth wrote: > > Now that Sun is apparently planning to give away the source to StarOffice, I > > wonder when the first port to FreeBSD will happen? > > Where sun are involved, I wouldn't get your hopes up until you actually > see source or something. And I wouldn't exactly call them quick, > either. You mean, acquiring a company and in the same week announcing open source of their product not quick?? You underestimate the legal hassle, me thinks. Nick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message