On Friday 19 July 2002 17:51, Vadim Plessky wrote: > On Wednesday 10 July 2002 8:54 am, Werner Trobin wrote: > [...] > | > | > This license issue is really thorny, and the Apache folks haven't been > | > too responsive to fixing it so that it works under the GPL. I find it > | > most highly ironic that under the Apache license I could exploit the > | > project by forking a proprietary version of the code, but I can't use > | > with a GPL project, even though I would be giving back to their project. > | > It is unfortunate, because the Apache foundation could fix their > | > license by making Apache a trademark and issuing a separate trademark > | > license, much like what AbiWord does. > | > > | > Also if we use wv2, then we could use a C++ port of the POI OLE library > | > that we started. That is if the C++ translation from Java is not > | > covered by the Apache License. > | > | Hmm, I really wonder why everybody is trying to rewrite the OLE part of > | wv2 ;) Right now we're using a thin (but comfortable) layer on top of the > | libole2 library. This library does everything we need for import and > | export. Up to now I only found one bug in the small block handling on > | writing, but there's a workaround available. Michael Meeks recognized that > | there's a bug (he added it to his TODO), so it should hopefully be fixed at > | some point. > | The dependencies are also minimal (we "ship" a current libole2 and a > | mini-glib version, a few KLOC of C code). > > Hi Werner ! > > Can you please tell in a few words: what is the current status of wv2? Funny that you ask this right now, after I finished the first draft of the design document. I'll write a separate mail later today, but to give you a sneak preview: http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/wvware/wv2/doc/DESIGN.html?rev=1.7 Please post all your replies to the mail I'll write in a few hours. Ciao, Werner P.S. Sorry if that are a few words more than you expected ;-) P.P.S. I have no idea if that link works for you as it does for me. I can see the document, the W3C Steely stylesheet, and two embedded images. In case you get the plain HTML I suggest that you check out the wv2 project at: http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=10501 ____________________________________ koffice mailing list koffice@mail.kde.org To unsubscribe please visit: http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/koffice