Hola gente,
el GULCR cuenta con un peque�o gran fan-club de StarOffice. The
Register public�[0] una nota interesante con motivo de la versi�n 1.0
de OpenOffice. El comentario respecto a las organizaciones que "no
pueden usar software por el que no se paga" es relevante en el caso del
gobierno de Costa Rica y la reciente actividad en torno a la legalidad
del software que este utiliza.
Respecto a lo �ltimo, �sabe alguien como, exactamente, funciona esto en
el gobierno de Costa Rica? �Es suficiente con tener una licencia o es
necesario tambi�n tener una factura? Y de ser necesario tener una
factura, �qu� debe cubrir esa factura? La pregunta puede sonar
extra�a, pero mucha gente ignora que uno no "compra un programa", sino
que lo que se compra es una licencia. Esta licencia no es para poder
usar el programa, sino para poder instalarlo en una computadora. En el
caso de licencias grupales, usalmente se dice que se tiene "una
licencia para mil usuarios". Eso quiere decir que se tiene "una
licencia para mil copias del programa corriendo en forma concurrente".
Por ello pregunto que requiere el gobierno: si la licencia basta, no
hay problema. Si la licencia no basta, bueno, hay que ver que es lo
que si basta (�factura? �de qu� tipo? �contrato de mantenimiento? �por
cu�nto tiempo y de qu� clase? �algo diferente?). El otro punto, que no
recuerdo que se aclarase completamente (correcciones bienvenidas), es
el idioma de la licencia. �Requieren las leyes de Costa Rica que la
licencia est� en Espa�ol? �Bastar�a con una traducci�n autenticada?
En este �ltimo caso, �qu� puede hacer el grupo al respecto para ayudar?
Marcelo
OpenOffice suite goes 1.0
By John Lettice
Posted: 01/05/2002 at 16:46 GMT
OpenOffice.org 1.0 was released today, and is largely unavailable
for free download, openoffice.org itself apparently being under some
severe pressure right now. Give it a couple of days until the crowds
die down.
OpenOffice is the open source implementation of Sun's StarOffice,
sharing the same code base as StarOffice 6.0. It claims to be the
largest open source project ever, with more than 7.5 million lines
of code, and in the 18 month development period the OpenOffice.org
community says there have been 4.5 million downloads of pre-1.0
versions.
It's available (well all right, it's sort-of available) in "over 25
languages," (So 26? 27? Why do press release writers say such
things?) and on Windows, Linux, Solaris and other flavours of Unix.
The differentiation between OpenOffice.org 1.0 and StarOffice 6.0
has potential to be ticklish. OpenOffice "offers software freedom,"
it says here, "enabling a free market for service and support" (i.e.
some assembly and help from fellow geeks required), while StarOffice
includes fee-based support, and "also offers additional features,
such as a database, special fonts and Sun quality and assurance
testing."
So StarOffice is for businesses and consumers who either want to
deal with proper companies and/or don't know or care what open
source is, while OpenOffice is undiluted revolution, for people who
choke on expressions such as "Sun quality and assurance testing." Or
something. The twin-track approach makes some sense in that many
(most?) businesses can't deal with software they don't have to pay
for, so even if the tab is fairly small the existence of the
software in this packaging actually improves its chances of getting
adopted in business and bundled with new computers, for sale to the
Great Unconverted.
In giving good quote for the release we're not sure whether Eric
Raymond agreed with us here, muddied the waters or attacked Sun.
Possibly all of the above: "OpenOffice.org 1.0 may be the single
best hope for consumers fed-up with Microsoft's desktop monopoly,"
said Eric Raymond, co-founder of the Open Source Initiative (OSI).
"With Sun moving to a full service and support business model for
StarOffice software, users around the globe will continue to have a
free office productivity software tool through the OpenOffice.org
open source community."
Whatever, congratulations anyway, people. We'll download it as soon
as we can get in. �
[0] http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25112.html
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