On Wed, 29 Sep 2010, John Thompson wrote:
On 2010-09-29, Robert Funnell <[email protected]> wrote:
On Wed, 29 Sep 2010, Phil Hibbs wrote:
Harold Fuchs:
So, am I being
paranoid in thinking that the choice of the name "LibreOffice" suggests that
at some stage it will no longer be Gratis?
Yup.
This does seem a bit paranoid. 'Libre' nicely emphasizes the 'free
speech' aspect. Isn't the 'free beer' aspect assured by the GPL
licence?
As long as you don't mind compiling it yourself. On linux this isn't a
huge issue, but on Windows I seem to recall that a proprietary compiler
is required.
As long as the source code is 'libre', there is presumably enough of
an existing community that someone will compile and distribute the
binaries 'gratis', so I would expect the free beer to continue to be
available for some time, regardless of what any one group or
organization might do. Of course, the strength of on-going development
is another question.
- Robert
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