On 1/30/07, Guy Voets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From your answer I deduce that you have something to do with 602Office. If you feel offended, I'm ready to present you my apology. I don't know what the number 602 means (besides being the area code for Arizona), nor why 602PC Suite and 602Office share the same logo... One is based in Florida, USA, the other in Slovakia (or the Czech Republic)?? All very confusing.
Yes, so much so that the Wikipedia article needed to be changed to reflect the distinction between the two peices of software. Which I did. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/602PC_Suite Now says: *602PC Suite *is an office suite by Software602<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Software602&action=edit>company. It contains text processor <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/602PC_Suite_Text>and spreadsheet compatible with Microsoft Office <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Office> and digital photo editor and organiser. It allows direct export to PDF<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF> . It is shareware <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shareware>. *602PC Suite*should not be confused with 602Office <http://www.602.cz/cz/produkty/602office_2_1>, which is based on OpenOffice.org <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org>. The relationship between the two pieces of software<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software>is unclear, but they are not the same thing.
The only point I wanted to make is that everybody is free to charge or pay for Open Source what they like (as long as they abide by the licence). And that there are some greedy folks out there that want to make $$$ on the back of the Open Source developers.
You are wrong in your attitude about this. If someone offers you free software, and tells you that you can sell it - you are not being greedy or evil or making money off their backs... They *told* you that you can sell it. It's in the license. It's there on purpose. The developers had to specifically choose a license that says you can sell it. It is their choice. If I, or anyone else, chooses to take them up on their offer, how is that a bad thing? In fact, OpenOffice.org's website lists links to places that you can buy a copy. http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/index.html#cdrom It's not greedy or evil or profiting wickedly from the labor of others. It is offering a service (burning a CD, sending it, offering documentation and/or support, bundling many pieces of open source software, etc.) that benefits the user (not everyone has broadband internet and can download a 50 MB file) and the open source project (not everyone goes to http://www.openoffice.org/ - but they might google for "office for windows" and get a sponsored link that says: *Office For Windows*<http://www.google.com/url?sa=L&ai=BuWtlnV6_RbCqEKXmggSl-8SbB6S3nRao7a2pAvzTp7IM0NkREAQYBiC2VCgGOABQ6NyO5gFgyb7TjOCkuBGYAfaGAZgB1okDqgEfb3JnLm1vemlsbGE6ZW4tVVM6b2ZmaWNpYWwrMkdNTMgBAcgC_J36AQ&num=6&ggladgrp=360164916&gglcreat=537622296&q=http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-42619-2056-0/2%3Fmpre%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fsearch.ebay.com%252Fsearch%252Fsearch.dll%253Fquery%253Doffice%252520for%252520windows%2526newu%253D1%2526sosortproperty%253D3%2526sosortorder%253D1%2526xpufu%253Dx%26keyword%3Doffice%2520for%2520windows&usg=__XYF-2M5KPv4IZ-W5ZchSICSzqRk=> Looking for *Office For Windows*? Buy direct from sellers and save. www.eBay.com which takes them to ebay where OpenOffice.org is for sale. So it gets the word out. More users is good for any open source project. -- - Chad Smith http://www.chadwsmith.com/
