On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 12:23 PM, flamin hotdog <[email protected]> wrote: > > hi, i was wondering where you stand on people selling open office. i know of > somebody who is selling open office on ebay for profit. > thanks andy >
Generally speaking, it's fine to take the code, compile it into a binary, and sell it... with or without source code, and under any terms compatible with the Apache License. The bigger question, to me, is what they *call* the thing they sell. The code is freely available, but the trademarks and what-not around the name "OpenOffice.org" and "Apache", etc. are a different issue. Somebody selling binaries called "Apache OpenOffice" would, I think, need explicit permission to use that name (somebody correct me if I'm wrong). But selling it as "Bob's Kickass Office Suite" should be fine. Phillip Rhodes
