OO is open source software, which means it's available for anyone to use, business or not. This has long been the practice & right for open source software.
On 03/30/2017 10:32 AM, James Plante wrote: > I cannot speak for AOO, and I am not an attorney anywhere. What I would do if > I were in your position is to print out the AOO license for the version that > you’re using; write a statement of your circumstances and what you’ve been > asked to do; then take it to a California lawyer, and ask for a letter of > opinion. > > Having that letter in your file will give you some ammunition against > lawsuits or other enforcement action. That’s the best you can do, since AFAIK > there is NO management of AOO that can speak with executive authority with > respect to the software. > > >> On Mar 30, 2017, at 9:14 AM, Russ Hayes <r...@sp-ega.com> wrote: >> >> Good morning, >> >> >> I'm writing to confirm how we can move forward with Open Office for a >> project we are working on for the State of California. We are a >> subcontractor to Xerox and are configuring/loading both mobile and fixed >> computers for deployment across the state. They've asked us to install >> OpenOffice on each machine prior to delivery to the state throughout the >> rest of the year. >> >> >> As an Open Source program, is there any open source agreement we need to >> have signed before we move forward with this? Or, does the download of the >> software form the agreement to adhere to Open Source requirements? Again, >> this is a State of CA implementation....we're being extra careful to make >> sure we don't run into a problem later on and just wanted to confirm how we >> move forward. >> >> >> Thank you in advance, >> >> >> Russell A. Hayes >> >> Shade and Putnam > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
