Actually, many of these are compilations are of various open source software
(not just open office).
I suppose, if the compilation or Production was made in 2007 they can use
the number. I don't think even Microsoft have copyright over the number of
the year lol.
As for pro.. What exactly does pro stand for... Produced.. 2007? Production
maybe.. Or are you just assuming that it MUST stand for professional? ... i
say it doesn't,
But...... Even if it did.... I cant see why this is upsetting you, that some
one is claiming that Open Office is Professional software?
It is Professional software. And it is very good.
Many people still have never heard of it and are shelling out £100's if not
£1000's for MS office.
Do you think they would mind paying $3.99 or even £30 to find out that they
could save £1000's.
I Say,, Keep up the good work that man..
-------Original Message-------
From: Bill Burkhardt
Date: 01/02/2008 15:58:39
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [cd-rom] Fraudulent eBay seller of OpenOffice 2.3 CDs?
They are calling OpenOffice.org "Open Office 2007 Pro" which I
believe is wrong.
On Jan 31, 2008, at 2:41 PM, Website Managers wrote:
> Mark A. Craig wrote:
>> This person is selling OpenOffice 2.3 CDs for $3.99 on eBay:
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI
dll?ViewItem&item=330199993329&SegalID=230216994104
>> <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI
dll?ViewItem&item=330199993329&SegalID=230216994104
>> > Is this legal? Doesn't it violate OO's open source license?
>> This same seller is selling $5.99 downloads of a Windows Mobile 6
>> ROM for Treo Smartphones, which is definitely NOT legal.
>> Mark Craig
>
> Selling OpenOffice.org on CD is legal. There are many Community
> Distributors who are only charging for the time and materials for
> making and shipping that CD.
>
> Now if someone charged for the privilege to download OpenOffice.org,
> then that would be against the Open Source license and against the
> OpenOffice.org rules.
>
> Jim Hutchinson
>
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