More to the point, any source code included in Apache project releases
that is not under the Apache License 2.0 should be clearly listed in the
NOTICE file, which is included in virtually all Apache project software
releases.
In my Win7 install of AOO 3.4.0 milestone build, I see two copies of
this file:
$dir/program/NOTICE
and
$dir/share/readme/NOTICE.txt
These files should list all other components in the AOO release that may
not be under the Apache license.
Note that in virtually all cases, all software in an Apache product are
either the Apache License or another license that meets the OSI's
definition of an open source license, so it's pretty rare that those
other licenses actually prevent most users from doing whatever they
planned to do with the Apache licensed software anyway.
For more details about licensing and NOTICEs, se:
http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html
http://www.apache.org/dev/apply-license.html
- Shane
On 2012-05-21 11:08 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote:
As far as I know, the only components that are installed with Apache
OpenOffice.org that do not have the ALv2 license or one compatible with it are
some extensions that are packaged with it as a courtesy.
You can remove or disable those extensions using the Extension Manager.
You can check the licenses on all of the installations by inspecting the
extension packages where they are unpacked as part of the installation.
On Windows, the included extensions can be found at
{Program Files location}\OpenOffice.org 3\share\extensions\install\
The .oxt files are Zip packages. You can open them with a Zip utility and
inspect the included licenses.
- Dennis
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Fu [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 19:16
To: [email protected]
Subject: Apache openoffice 3.4 License problem
Hi, All
I would like to ask what components of the Apache openoffice 3.4 does not
belong to the Apachethe license 2.0.
if remove those components, and the AOO3.4 can still work? , such as
conversion ppt to PDF such functionality.
Best Regards
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