I just sent email to Sun (I've been wondering this myself...) .. we'll see
if they respond. :)
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Irving <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Saturday, September 18, 1999 5:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Cooker] StarOffice not included in Mandrake 6.1
Well when I read the licence agreement when I donwloaded it. It says that I
am
not allowed to distribute the file that I downloaded. And that licence
agreement is the one you bind yourself to. So then they better change their
licence agreement you get thrown in yer face when you are about to download.
Michael Irving
> I was just watching the Sun webcast at :
>
> http://webevents.broadcast.com/sunmicrosystems/sun0899/
>
> And I got the totally opposite impression. The Sun guys
> were literally begging the Linux distros to pick StarOffice up.
> I do clearly remember them saying that StarOffice is free
> to distribute. Dont believe me? Watch the webcast. Its a long
> one but he says it at least a couple of times in the first quarter
> of the event alone. I didn't watch it all.
>
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 18, 1999 at 10:44:40AM +0200, Michael Irving wrote:
> > On Sat, 18 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> > > Noticed that StarOffice is not included in the Mandrake 6.1 release.
> > > I am wondering the reason is. No space for it?
> > >
> >
> > The new license that Sun has placed on StarOffice makes it free for use
> but
> > restricted for distribution.
> >
> > Michael Irving
>
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