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[EXT] LanguageTool extension may be included in AOO?

Hello!

I was wondering if the extension "LanguageTool" ( 
http://www.languagetool.org ) could be included in the release packages 
of AOO since it is a grammar checker.

I asked this to its author, Daniel Naber, and he told me to ask in the 
Mailing List.

So, here I am.

Thanks!

Kind regards,
 >Marco A.G.Pinto
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Re: [EXT] LanguageTool extension may be included in AOO?

Posted by Pedro Giffuni <pf...@apache.org>.

--- Dom 20/5/12, win <wm...@gmail.com> ha scritto:

> On 05/20/2012 05:55 PM, Ariel
> Constenla-Haile wrote:
> > Hi Marco,
> > 
> > On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 05:09:11PM +0100, Marco
> A.G.Pinto wrote:
> >> Hello!
> >> 
> >> I was wondering if the extension "LanguageTool" (
> >> http://www.languagetool.org ) could be included in the
> release
> >> packages of AOO since it is a grammar checker.
> >> 
> >> I asked this to its author, Daniel Naber, and he
> told me to ask in
> >> the Mailing List.
> > 
> > The main issue to include this extension by default is
> its LGPL license.
> > 
> > 
> > Regards
> 
> Link-Grammar may be an option.  Link-Grammar is used by
> AbiWord but it is under the Link-Grammar license.  The
> license looks more compatible with the Apache License, but
> that is just my personal view.  I am not sure if there
> is currently an extension for OpenOffice to use
> Link-Grammar.
>

It looks like a 3-clause BSD license: Category-A
Good find!

Pedro.


Re: [EXT] LanguageTool extension may be included in AOO?

Posted by win <wm...@gmail.com>.
On 05/20/2012 05:55 PM, Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote:
> Hi Marco,
>
> On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 05:09:11PM +0100, Marco A.G.Pinto wrote:
>> Hello!
>>
>> I was wondering if the extension "LanguageTool" (
>> http://www.languagetool.org ) could be included in the release
>> packages of AOO since it is a grammar checker.
>>
>> I asked this to its author, Daniel Naber, and he told me to ask in
>> the Mailing List.
>
> The main issue to include this extension by default is its LGPL license.
>
>
> Regards

Link-Grammar may be an option.  Link-Grammar is used by AbiWord but it 
is under the Link-Grammar license.  The license looks more compatible 
with the Apache License, but that is just my personal view.  I am not 
sure if there is currently an extension for OpenOffice to use 
Link-Grammar.

More info on Link-Grammar:
http://www.abisource.com/projects/link-grammar/#download

http://www.link.cs.cmu.edu/link/


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Re: [EXT] LanguageTool extension may be included in AOO?

Posted by Ariel Constenla-Haile <ar...@apache.org>.
Hi Marco,

On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 05:09:11PM +0100, Marco A.G.Pinto wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I was wondering if the extension "LanguageTool" (
> http://www.languagetool.org ) could be included in the release
> packages of AOO since it is a grammar checker.
> 
> I asked this to its author, Daniel Naber, and he told me to ask in
> the Mailing List.

The main issue to include this extension by default is its LGPL license.


Regards
-- 
Ariel Constenla-Haile
La Plata, Argentina

Re: [EXT] LanguageTool extension may be included in AOO?

Posted by Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>.
On Sun, 20 May 2012 17:09:11 +0100
"Marco A.G.Pinto" <ma...@mail.telepac.pt> wrote:

> Hello!
> 
> I was wondering if the extension "LanguageTool" ( 
> http://www.languagetool.org ) could be included in the release packages 
> of AOO since it is a grammar checker.
> 
> I asked this to its author, Daniel Naber, and he told me to ask in the 
> Mailing List.
> 
> So, here I am.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Kind regards,
>  >Marco A.G.Pinto
>           -----------------------

Note that a side effect of the excellent LanguageTool extension being active is slower opening of large files (90K word) while LT scans them. (Perhaps 25 seconds instead of 1 or 2). Such perceived slowness may be undesireable.

-- 
Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>

Re: [EXT] LanguageTool extension may be included in AOO?

Posted by "Marco A.G.Pinto" <ma...@mail.telepac.pt>.
Ahhh... I believe there is a fix for the slowness bug...

Daniel sent me this e-mail:


On 20-05-2012 20:03, Daniel Naber wrote:
> On Sonntag, 20. Mai 2012, you wrote:
>
> Hi Marco,
>
>> I was wondering if the extension "LanguageTool" (
>> http://www.languagetool.org ) could be included in the release packages
>> of AOO since it is a grammar checker.
> thanks for taking care of this. I saw one reply complaining about LT
> slowness - one of these issues can be fixed. Could you point the person who
> replied to this bug report, which contains a solution to the performance
> problem?
>
> https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=116409
>
> Regards
>   Daniel
>


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