[haiku-3rdparty-dev] Re: Word Processor

  • From: Fredrik Modéen <fredrik@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-3rdparty-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 31 May 2016 17:37:03 +0200

2016-05-31 17:22 skrev Andrew Hudson:

I agree with the assessment above. We would quickly have available all functions available in Gobe Productive V2.
There are known bugs, and probably additional bugs yet to be discovered. We will not have source code for V2, so
we cannot correct any bugs. I believe that we have source code for V3, but this source code has 3rd party source which can not be released
to the public. So it cannot be open sourced as it exists. Also, to build this code on Haiku would take many man-months
of dedicated development resources. It might be possible to build it 'as is' on BeOS, and run that executable on Haiku. Just a thought.

The license that Haiku, LLC would have for GP V2 would be an OEM distribution license. It would provide a legal agreement to
freely modify and distribute executables, and to freely distribute unlimited copies at no cost. It is not an open source license.

I start this process with former members of Gobe.

Depending on how much 3:d part code there is , perhaps part of the V2 could be replace? Same way we replaces BeOS parts? ;)
Or better, extend TranslatorKit with this office bits?

Any how I think the code without the 3:d party code world be better than no code at all, also If we know what 3:d party code there are, perhaps we can ask them if we can use it or replace with newer one.

//Fredrik

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