Hallo, das kam gerade eben über eine Marketing-Mailingliste, es wurde zur Übersetzung und Weiterverbreitung freigegeben. Vielleicht kann ja jemand von euch was draus machen (mir fehlt aktuell die Zeit dazu).
> On 2 September 2005 Sun Microsystems announced that it was retiring > the Sun Industry Standards Source License (SISSL), an Open Source > Initiative (OSI)-approved software license. In recent weeks, the > OSI, which authorises open-source licenses, has been discussing > limiting license proliferation, so as to make the process of choosing > a license easier for developers and companies. Sun's move is in > support of that objective. > > How does this move affect OpenOffice.org? As most know, > OpenOffice.org code was launched under the dual banner of the SISSL > and LGPL; licensees could choose which one they wanted to use, and > nearly all have chosen the LGPL. Effective with the announcement > that Sun is retiring the SISSL, however, OpenOffice.org will in the > future only be licensed under the LGPL. > > For users, the simplification means: no change. OpenOffice.org > remains free to use, distribute, even sell. One can freely use it in > commercial as well as government environments; nothing has changed. > > For vendors, distributors, add-on and plug-in writers of > OpenOffice.org: The LGPL allows for commercial distribution without > affecting derived products in the same way as the GPL. > > For developers and other contributors: As the code will be licensed > only under the LGPL, modifications to the source must be published. > (The SISSL did not require all changes to the source to be > published.) As most OpenOffice.org contributors are already openly > contributing to the community, we anticipate no problems. And for > those who have been using the SISSL exclusively, we invite you to > join us. > > The OpenOffice.org Community Council > > http://council.openoffice.org > http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/license-change.html Viele Grüße Flo -- ## Florian Effenberger ## Marketing/Öffentlichkeitsarbeit/Presse ## OpenOffice.org - http://de.openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
