Hi Daniel, First point you should understand that OpenOffice.org is distributed under GNU License. Which clearly states that you are free to distribute any software under GNU without taking any permission from anyone. It already comes with a granted buitin permission to distribute it.
the only thing you cannot do is that you cannot put your own restrictions on it. If you distribute it to someone, that someone has the right to redistribute it. You may or may not be aware that, you can also charge for the software you distribute. It is legal to charge a price. But even if you charge a price, the buyer may distribute it free of cost or may sell it for a lower or higher price. The only term remains intact is the GNU License, you cannot modify it even if your contribute in the development of the OpenOffice.org I hope this clarifies your doubt. Regards, Nishant On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 8:26 PM, Software Candy LLC < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you Nishant for your quick reply. I understand that this is all done > by volunteers and the CDROM distributor's page is clear about that. > > It is important to me to be 100% in compliance with all laws, rules and > expectations of this great OpenOffice.org project and so I don't know > whether I can start selling our value-added OpenOffice.org CD just by mere > sending an email to this mailing list. > > It is unclear to me how I "can freely distribute the software even if I > have not yet received a reply to my email". > > That same CD-ROM distributor's page states (in addition to the above): "you > must request permission to use the logos. This may be done by sending an > email to the person responsible. " > > I cannot offer the CD-ROM without the permission to use the logos and > obviously a permission must be in a form of a reply. Unless OpenOffice.org > intentionally phrased the condition as "request permission", not necessarily > "explicitly being granted permission". > > Could you please clarify? > > BTW, we are currently offering The GIMP CD. The "Selling GIMP" page ( > http://www.gimp.org/about/selling.html ) does not require explicit > permission from gimp.org and so it was faster for us to comply. > > Thank you, > Daniel @ Software Candy LLC > > > > Nishant Prakash Kashyap wrote: > >> Well, answer to your query is that ... No One is Responsible to reply to >> any >> mails and alternatively anyone on the mailer list is entitled to reply to >> any mail. >> >> There is no direct responsible person to reply to query. >> >> I has send mails 2 years back and till now not received any reply. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 5:19 PM, Software Candy LLC < >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Greetings from Vermont, the Green Mountain State in the USA. >>> >>> Three days ago, I sent an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED], requesting >>> formal >>> permission to sell OpenOffice.org CDs on ebaY. >>> >>> I was confident that within hours I would see my email appearing here, in >>> this mailing list archive. But then, after several days of not being able >>> to >>> find any reminiscent of it, I double-checked and discovered that this >>> mailing list's address is [email protected] - not >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (long live the tiny difference 'distribution' :)). >>> >>> I now notice that OpenOffice.org's distribution web site says that email >>> to >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] goes directly to Alex Fisher. I am unsure whether >>> my >>> email request to him is sufficient or whether I should post it here, too. >>> Could you please advise? >>> >>> In the meanwhile, I would appreciate it if you could clarify some >>> confusion >>> I have in regard to the instructions in the following page: >>> >>> http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/distributors.html >>> >>> Bullet #6 states "Understand that you may still distribute OpenOffice.org >>> at any time. Even if you have not yet received a reply to your email, you >>> may still freely distribute the software." >>> >>> However, to the best of my understanding, without explicit permission >>> from >>> OpenOffice.org I can freely distribute the software only if I patch the >>> software to replace every occurrence of the phrase "OpenOffice.org". This >>> is >>> not what I am interested in. I am interested in using the brand >>> "OpenOffice.org" along with the familiar logo(s). Can I still do that >>> even >>> if I have not yet received a reply to my email? >>> >>> >>> Thank you, >>> Daniel from Software Candy LLC >>> Burlington, Vermont >>> U.S.A >>> >>> >>> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Warm Regards, Nishant Prakash Kashyap
