OpenOffice 2.0 and Java

[Mark Shuttleworth]

I wonder if we shouldn't put together an open letter to the 
OpenOffice.org team, asking them to work a Free java option into their 
build process so that they at least preserve the ability of people to 
use upstream OO.o without putting non-free software on their systems.

Matthew Revell wrote:

> With OpenOffice 2.0 relying on Java more than ever, what does this 
> mean for Ubuntu? I read Matt's comments in the Newsforge article 
> (http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/03/22/204244.shtml?tid=93) 
> but I was wondering if there had been any further discussion.
>
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