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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: Usage of OO.org filters?
From:       Segedunum <segedunum () actuaria ! co ! uk>
Date:       2005-07-31 15:58:40
Message-ID: 200507311658.40522.segedunum () actuaria ! co ! uk
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On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 12:24:18, Mikhail Ramendik wrote:
> As KOffice now supports ODT, perhaps it could be possible to port OO.o code
> for filtering (notably the MS Office formats) to KOffice? OO.org leads in
> MS Office compatibility, and it's all LGPL, so why not use their work?

Unfortunately, this has been debated endlessly, and if you do get a reply you 
may get some angry ones. Using Open Office filters in KOffice is simply 
impossible.

This is because the code for the OO filters is absolutely tied to the code in 
Open Office, and it would take such a very long time to 'crow-bar' it all out 
and integrate it with KOffice that simply better filters could have been 
written for KOffice to start off with. Unfortunately, 'open source software' 
does not always mean that you can take code from one project, transfer it to 
another and have it magically work. That's what people have misunderstood on 
this topic.

You really should be directing this to one of the Open Office mailing lists 
and asking them why their filters are not portable, or at the very least, are 
not designed to be more portable.

Cheers,

David
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