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LibreOffice cash-for-code strategy tests open source ethic

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InfoWorld; By Simon Phipps 		Mail this story
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The Document Foundation's tender for the development of an Android implementation of LibreOffice begs serious questions, namely: Can an influx of cash into open source code creation succeed, and how do pay-for-code plays from nonprofit foundations affect the ethics and work ethic of today's open source community?

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