Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 124205
Help - About - License is cut at 65535 chars (even though the LICENSE file is complete)
Last modified: 2021-07-27 12:08:58 UTC
The LICENSE file we distribute with 4.0.1 is complete and contains all the expected notices, but the facility to show it from the OpenOffice GUI (Help - About - License) cuts it at 65535 characters. The full file should be displayed, or a workaround found by version 4.1. No other implications, since the file is complete, only the display is broken. [ Reported by nbholladay on the doc list ]
Reproducible: Visible text in 'Help - About - License' ends with string "FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL". My count (Text Document AOO and LibO counts 62841 Characters. License.txt in <ProgramInstallation>\share\readme\ seems complete
We have the same problem with license display at installation of an extension. See Bug 95086 License text > 65500 chars cannot display I think both bugs should be corrected together.
This is a result of an internal limitation, already known and informed: http://markmail.org/message/okmudvcq74t3eywa (In reply to bmarcelly from comment #2) > We have the same problem with license display at installation of an > extension. > > See Bug 95086 License text > 65500 chars cannot display > > I think both bugs should be corrected together. This is quite impossible, it would take months to replace the old string classes with rtl::OUstring