Why the .org on OpenOffice

[Douglas Stewart]

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Thiago Vinhas de Moraes wrote:
| Em Qua, 2003-10-08 às 10:14, Dennis Gilmore escreveu:
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|>>the product name? It would be a lot more professional if the name was
|>>"OpenOffice 1.1" instead of "OpenOffice.org 1.1" don't you think?
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|>Probably yes  but someone else  owns the copyright for the name open
office
|>so  they couldnt use that  leggally it has to be OpenOffice.org not
|>OpenOffice.  someone  who knows more on who owns the Open Office name
  and
|>the whole situation   could perhaps  fill in the blanks
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| Maybe I'm just a dreamer, but if that's the problem, why don't we create
| a fund to buy the Open Office name from its owner? Maybe all the
| OpenOffice.org users helping with $10, could create an expressive fund.
| That's the magic of the open source community. If we stay together, and
| work together we can do anything we want.
|
| Regards,
| Thiago
|

'Cept I think the party in question is actually a very large software
company located in Redmond, WA.

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Doug Stewart
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Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Labs

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