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------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Feb 20 13:02:32 +0000 2007 ------- I received today, a few months after my request, an opinion by the Free Software Foundation stating that the mere aggregation is feasible: "the executable program and each dictionary/thesaurus would be considered as seperate works. Therefore their licenses do not need to be compatible". The full e-mail exchange is below. Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 03:15:09 -0500 From: John Steele Scott via RT <licensing AT fsf.org> To: pescetti Subject: [gnu.org #306930] OpenOffice.org and GPL dictionaries > [pescetti - Fri Sep 15 09:59:36 2006]: > > Hi there, > I would like to hear your opinion on a GPL/LGPL-related problem that we > are studying for distribution of OpenOffice.org. I'm going to post your > answer in the ongoing discussion at > http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=65039 > > The OpenOffice.org office suite can use a dictionary and/or a thesaurus, > which is a simple data file in a specific format (i.e., there is no > "source code" for it). > > Installation packages including both OpenOffice.org and a > dictionary/thesaurus are common. > > The availability of the dictionary/thesaurus is checked at runtime and > OpenOffice.org enables or disables the relevant functionality > accordingly. So OpenOffice.org can work without the dictionary/theasurus > and, conversely, the dictionary/thesaurus can be used without > OpenOffice.org (e.g., as a data file for command-line > spellcheckers/thesauri). > > Would it be possible to bundle LGPL(2.1)-licensed releases of > OpenOffice.org and GPL(>=2)-licensed dictionaries in the same > installation package? > > It is unclear whether this is "mere aggregation" of two packages that > can be used independently, or whether placing the two components into > one installation package, and the mutual benefits given by the bundle, > forbid the interpretation as "mere aggregation". > > Thanks, > Andrea. Dear Andrea, Thank you for your inquiry. First, allow me to apologise for the delay in replying to your message. In the case you have described above, the executable program and each dictionary/thesaurus would be considered as seperate works. Therefore their licenses do not need to be compatible. Sorry once again for the late reply. Please note that this is not legal advice. regards, John --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
