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. in this case, libreoffice is the best option for me forever. am i right? On 4/15/17, Tom Davies <tomc...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 free to use, free to modify and free for you to share your > modified version or/and to share the unmodified version. > > You can sell the unmodified or modified versions for whatever you like as > long as it's on Cd/Dvd, or Usb or that you are providing some way for > people to install it that is different from them just downloading it from > the LibreOffice website. You would not be charging for the software itself > so you would be charging for providing the means/method for the people to > install the software. However you need to make it clear to them where they > can get the source code for free and be willing to give them the source > code via the same method used to give them the software. > > There are sometimes disagreements about whether it is enough to just give > them a link to the LibreOffice website or whether you should provide the > source code by the same means as the rest of the software and whether you > should give them the source code at the same time as the rest of the > software. If, for example, you are selling Cd's of LibreOffice then it > might be easiest to just include the source code on the same Cd to prevent > such 'discussions'. If anyone asks you to provide the source code then you > have to give them at least the link to the LibreOffice website so they can > get it for free (excluding transmissions and internet charges etc). > > You can charge for support, consultation, advice and other services. > > If you make any money from LibreOffice then it's polite (and strategically > wise) to donate to The Document Foundation or/and a group working on > LibreOffice such as a localisation/translation group or local users-group. > > There are arguments/discussions about what "make money" means. Often the > people who do charge argue that a percentage of ALL money should go to TDF > - people who don't charge point out that it should be only an amount of the > profits (ie only after all the costs and expenses and after the costs of > expanding the business a bit have been recouped by whoever was doing the > charging). > > > The main aim is to get LibreOffice distributed as widely as reasonably > possible without creating problems for the people doing the distributing. > OpenOffice has moved slightly away from that idea and is a little more keen > on getting some sort of recognition for those involved in doing the > programming. > > 3rd party stuff; such as Java, accessibility programs (and anything else > that is not directly part of LibreOffice itself) each have their own > "Ts&Cs" (= terms and conditions) of what they want to let you do and what > they want to prevent. > > With something like Java there is likely to be an Open Source > alternative/version that does have a very similar license to LibreOffice. > > > I have tried to describe the GPL license because that is used quite widely > in OpenSource projects. The Mozilla license and LGPL used by LibreOffice > and a few others aims to be similar but have slight nuances or try to make > the essential freedoms clearer or more binding under law but they all aim > to be much the same as the GPL. > > The Apache Foundation's licence, used by OpenOffice nowadays, tends to be > more like the BSD licenses and tends to try to give more credit to the > programmers and restrict usage a little bit more. Confusingly some people > refer to these as being more 'permissive', i think because it gives big > businesses more control. > > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > On 15 April 2017 at 10:18, nasrin khaksar <nasrinkhaks...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> tudy it, but it was extremely long >> specially with inclusion of thirdparthy >> > -- we have not sent you but as a mercy to the creation. holy quran, chapter 21, verse 107. in the very authentic narration is: imam hosein is the beacon of light and the ark of salvation. best website for studying islamic book in different languages al-islam.org -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
