ESC meeting minutes: 2024-10-24

[Andreas Mantke]

Hi all,

Am 24.10.24 um 16:39 schrieb Miklos Vajna:
> (...)

> * Feature locking (Andreas)
>   + <https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/174865> "Remove blocking
> functions feature from core"
>   + commented on the change, tend to say it's a useful feature
> (Michael W)
>   + abandoned the patch once (Ilmari)
>   + wait another week on acting, but think there is a misunderstanding
> here (Thorsten)

I don't think there is a misunderstanding of this change's purpose,
introduced first with https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/116384
with the description:
'LOK: introduced Freemium LOK
API also block the uno commands from deny list'

This was done by a contractor of Collabora Productivity and approved by
other developer from this company in June 2021.

I think the meaning of Freemium (software) is really obvious:

'Freemium, a portmanteau of the words "free" and "premium", is a pricing
strategy by which a basic product or service is provided free of charge,
but money (a premium) is charged for additional features, services, or
virtual (online) or physical (offline) goods that expand the
functionality of the free version of the software'
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemium).

The naming was changed later to a non-obvious term, but the function
wasn't changed.

The corresponding changes were also available in the Online version,
with the same naming ('Freemium') and the move to a non-obvious term.
The function and the configure options are still there.

The first patches ('Freemium') were introduced after forking away the
Online version from The Document Foundation and LibreOffice and at the
beginning of a dispute about sending LibreOffice Online to the attic.

Regards,
Andreas

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