IP clearance
The former code base of OpenOffice.org used several external libraries and code with incompatible licenses (see also Third-Party Licensing Policy) that cannot be longer used in the Apache Open Office project or at least not in the same way. A first overview of critical stuff can be found on the "Migration" page in the community wiki. This page is intended to document the ongoing work of the IP clearance in more detail but still high-level.
The process will be redefined and improved over time and in the end we will end up with an automated process using the Apache Release Audit Tool (RAT) to ensure that we have always a clean code base for Apache Open Office.
Priority |
Task |
Status |
Impact |
Migration Path |
Details |
Relevant externals |
Owner |
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Idlcpp |
In progress |
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Underlying and used code (lcc) has a problematic license. The used code will be replaced by a different preprocessor ucpp with an Apache compatible license (BSD). |
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JSC |
1 |
Regexp |
Commited |
Required for all searches in Writer/Calc/Impress/Help |
ICU regexp |
A heavily modified LGPL regexp library was replaced by ICU regexp
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HDU |
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address book |
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Address book support uses Mozilla XPCOM to communicate with drivers and Mozilla libraries to access Thunderbird address book. Details |
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1 |
Bug fixing of show stoppers |
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Essential for a high quality release |
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3 |
Bug fixing of serious defects |
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2 |
dictionaries |
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Required for spell checking |
None |
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1 |
translations |
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Essential for localization |
None |
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2 |
hyphenators |
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Required for language specific hyphenations |
None |
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2 |
IDL preprocessor |
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Required for providing a UNO-SDK |
ASL2 preprocessor |
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2 |
replace svg support |
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Used for the important Ooo3.4 feature: SVG support |
parsing SVG directly and converting it to primitives |
figure out the dependent office functionalities |
librsvg-2.32.1.tar.gz |
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5 |
Clarify usage of boost |
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Used all over the place especially for smart pointers, extensive use in module canvas |
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clarify if license can be used under Apache |
boost_1-39_0.tar.gz |
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2 |
replace nss |
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Used for loading and saving of signed and encrypted documents and the related certificate and key management |
Eventually openssl |
NSS key management is not replacable without the user being required certificate and key management |
nss-3.12.6-with-nspr-4.8.4.tar.gz |
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1 |
replace seamonkey |
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Used for providing NSS and address book integration |
To be evaluated |
already known: address book support |
seamonkey-1.1.14.source.tar.gz |
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2 |
replace neon |
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Used for HTML and WEBDAV support |
Libwww or libcurl (extended for WEBDAV) |
it is more or less a MUST;
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neon-0.29.5.tar.gz |
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4 |
replace saxon |
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Used for XML transformations from and to some file formats of minor importance |
Apache Xalan |
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source-9.0.0.7-bj.zip |
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3 |
get new break iterator data from current ICU |
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Used by line breaking |
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see wiki ApacheMigration |
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3 |
clarify status of library files used for tests |
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see wiki ApacheMigration:
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Clarify usage of GNU cp |
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Used during the build process |
Native CP |
see wiki ApacheMigration |
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List of files where it seems that the copyright owner is not Oracle |
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clarify status of these files |
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List of files where it seems that the copyright owner is not Oracle |
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clarify status of these files |
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9 |
xmerge/source/activesync/BIN/xmergesync.dll |
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Integration with Nokia WordProcessor |
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clarify status of these file |
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8 |
Clarify status of 3rd party/external library |
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Used by scripting framework |
Apache beanshell |
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bsh-2.0b1-src.tar.gz |
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8 |
Clarify status of 3rd party/external library |
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Used by reportdesigner extension |
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core.zip |
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8 |
Clarify status of 3rd party/external library |
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Used for automated unit testing |
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cppunit-1.12.1.tar.gz |
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2 |
3rd party/external library cups |
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Used for integrating into the print system on Unix |
Using the system provided cups functionality |
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cups-1.1.19.tar.gz |
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5 |
3rd party/external library epm |
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Used during the build process on Unix |
Using the system provided packaging tools |
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epm-3.7.tar.gz |
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8 |
3rd party/external library flow-engine |
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Used by reportdesigner extension |
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flow-engine.0.9.4.zip |
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3rd party/external library gdk-pixbuf |
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Used by AVMedia for Video playback |
None |
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gdk-pixbuf-2.23.0.tar.gz |
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6 |
3rd party/external library gentiumbasic-fonts |
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A useful set of high quality fonts for e.g. templates |
None |
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gentium-basicfonts.1.10.zip |
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6 |
3rd party/external library gettext |
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Used by GTK integration and testautomation |
GTK: none |
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gettext-0.18.1.1.tar.gz |
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6 |
3rd party/external library glib |
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Used by GTK integration |
Use system provided functionality |
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glib-2.28.1.tar.gz |
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5 |
3rd party/external library glibc |
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No known users? |
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glibc-2.1.3-stub.tar.gz |
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1 |
3rd party/external library hunspell |
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Used for spell checking |
Myspell |
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hunspell-1.2.9.tar.gz |
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2 |
3rd party/external library hyphen |
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Used for hyphenation and line breaking |
None |
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hyphen-2.7.1.tar.gz |
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4 |
3rd party/external library jaf |
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Library neither in repository nor used anywhere? |
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jaf-1_0_2.zip |
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5 |
3rd party/external library javamail |
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Used by mailmerge |
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javamail-1_3_1.zip |
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8 |
3rd party/external library libbase |
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Used by reportdesigner extension |
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libbase-1.1.6.zip |
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8 |
3rd party/external library libcroco |
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Used by reportdesigner extension |
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libcroco-0.6.2.tar.gz |
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6 |
3rd party/external library liberation-fonts |
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A useful set of high quality fonts for e.g. templates |
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liberation-fonts-ttf-1.06.0.20100721.tar.gz |
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8 |
3rd party/external library libfonts |
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Used by reportdesigner extension |
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libfonts-1.1.6.zip |
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8 |
3rd party/external library libformula |
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Used by reportdesigner extension |
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libformula-1.1.7.zip |
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7 |
3rd party/external library libgsf |
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Used by librsvg |
Becomes obsolete with librsvg removal |
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libgsf-1.14.19.tar.gz |
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8 |
3rd party/external library liblayout |
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Used by reportdesigner extension |
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liblayout-0.2.10.zip |
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8 |
3rd party/external library libloader |
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Used by reportdesigner extension |
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libloader-1.1.6.zip |
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8 |
3rd party/external library librepository |
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Used by reportdesigner extension |
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librepository-1.1.6.zip |
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8 |
3rd party/external library libserializer |
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Used by reportdesigner extension |
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libserializer-1.1.6.zip |
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6 |
3rd party/external library libwpd |
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Used for WordPerfect import/export |
None |
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libwpd-0.8.8.tar.gz |
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3 |
3rd party/external library libxml |
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Used for XML processing |
Xalan? |
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libxml-1.1.7.zip |
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2 |
3rd party/external library lp_solve |
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Used by Calc's goal based linear-programming solver |
CoinMP |
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lp_solve_5.5.tar.gz |
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4 |
3rd party/external library mysql-connector |
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Used by Base for connecting to MySQL data bases |
None |
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mysql-connector-cpp.zip |
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2 |
3rd party/external library openssl |
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Used for libcurl and as an eventual migration path of LGPL NSS |
Already Apache licenced |
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openssl-0.9.8l.tar.gz |
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3 |
3rd party/external library pango |
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Used by GTK-plugin on Unix |
Use system provided functionality |
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pango-1.28.3.tar.gz |
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4 |
3rd party/external library pixman |
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Used by cairo |
None |
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pixman-0.12.0.tar.gz |
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6 |
3rd party/external library rhino |
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Used by scripting framework for JavaScript support |
None |
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rhino1_5R5.zip |
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3 |
3rd party/external library silgraphite |
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Used for complex text layout of minority scripts |
Permissive license |
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silgraphite-2.3.1.tar.gz |
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6 |
3rd party/external library swingEx |
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Used by scripting frameworks Javascript support library |
None |
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swingExSrc.zip |
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5 |
3rd party/external library xpdf |
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Used by PDF import extension |
Eventually native parsing of PDF |
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xpdf-3.02.tar.gz |
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