Re: [libreoffice-users] i have questions about licensing in libreoffice.

2017-04-19 Thread Italo Vignoli
On 19/04/2017 09:59, fudmer rieley wrote: > The Oracle purchase of Sun allows oracle to claim ownership in > application software which the whole world contributed to? > Is that correct? No, it is completely wrong. Sun owned the copyright of the code (as a consequence of StarDivision

Re: [libreoffice-users] i have questions about licensing in libreoffice.

2017-04-19 Thread Harvey Nimmo
uch as the  > entire 99% other percent own.  > > Patents and deeds transfer ownership from the public to  > the private domain, and ownership transfers wealth from  > non owners.  > > IANAL > > > On Tue, 4/18/17, toki <toki.kant.

Re: [libreoffice-users] i have questions about licensing in libreoffice.

2017-04-19 Thread fudmer rieley
transfer ownership from the public to the private domain, and ownership transfers wealth from non owners. IANAL On Tue, 4/18/17, toki <toki.kant...@gmail.com> wrote: Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] i have questions about licensing in libre

Re: [libreoffice-users] i have questions about licensing in libreoffice.

2017-04-18 Thread toki
On 04/17/2017 09:01 AM, nasrin khaksar wrote: > i heard sometimes that openoffice license is license of oracle company. Oracle purchased Sun. That purchase included the trademarks, copyrights, and other intellectual property rights held by OpenOffice.org. After a couple of years, Oracle donated

Re: [libreoffice-users] i have questions about licensing in libreoffice.

2017-04-17 Thread nasrin khaksar
hi tom. thanks so much for your great informations. i learned many useful things from it and i appreciate you and pray for you. i heard sometimes that openoffice license is license of oracle company. is it true? i love gpl mpl and lgpl license best and they are very close to my ideas and beliefs.

Re: [libreoffice-users] i have questions about licensing in libreoffice.

2017-04-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Just my opinion and i might be wrong in some aspects but hopefully i've got enough correct to give you a rough idea. :) The OpenOffice license has changed quite a bit over the years. LibreOffice is closer to the original - and is aiming to be something like the Creative Commons ones, ie

[libreoffice-users] i have questions about licensing in libreoffice.

2017-04-15 Thread nasrin khaksar
hello every one. i appreciate if someone explane for me license agreement and terms of use for libreoffice and its difference with openoffice! i remember that i wanted to study it, but it was extremely long specially with inclusion of thirdparthy terms and use like java, some font manufacturers