Fwd: Copyrights for works created using Open Office
In addition to Rory's positive answer shown below. The reason you do not see any mention of any copyright or restriction on works created with Apache OpenOffice software, is that no such copyrights or restrictions exist. Being FOSS (Free Open Source Software) Apache OpenOffice does not place any limitations or restrictions on what a user may or may not use the software for. -- Please address any reply to us...@openoffice.apache.org only. Messages sent to my personal email address will not be answered. *From:* Rory O'Farrell [mailto:ofarr...@iol.ie] *Sent:* Friday, April 24, 2020, 14:39 UTC *To:* dev@openoffice.apache.org *Subject:* Copyrights for works created using Open Office On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 08:45:51 -0400 Jasmine Kanter wrote: > To Whom It May Concern: > > I've been looking for an alternative to the (costly) Microsoft Office > Suite > of products and I'm very impressed by the Apache Software Foundation's > vision and range of products. I'm trying also to be a conscientious > user by > carefully reading your software licenses and FAQs before I download. > Perhaps this is an obvious question (certainly I can infer the answer from > your organization's manifestos), but I haven't found it stated explicitly > anywhere on your websites: does Open Office make any claims to the > copyrights of a work created with it? That is to say, if I wrote a > screenplay using Writer, do I retain full copyrights? Yes. > > I've already read the Apache License 2.0 document, the license statement > for Open Office, as well as the FAQs on both pages and I understand the > rights pertaining to use of the software, but I don't see any mention of > copyrights for works created with it. Usually (as with Google Docs, for > example) there is a page listing Terms and Conditions that answers these > questions. Can you please direct me to that page? And may I suggest adding > it to the Open Office FAQs or License statement? > > Thanks for your time, > > *Jasmine Kanter* > 519.702.5666 | jasminekan...@gmail.com -- Rory O'Farrell - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Copyrights for works created using Open Office
On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 08:45:51 -0400 Jasmine Kanter wrote: > To Whom It May Concern: > > I've been looking for an alternative to the (costly) Microsoft Office Suite > of products and I'm very impressed by the Apache Software Foundation's > vision and range of products. I'm trying also to be a conscientious user by > carefully reading your software licenses and FAQs before I download. > Perhaps this is an obvious question (certainly I can infer the answer from > your organization's manifestos), but I haven't found it stated explicitly > anywhere on your websites: does Open Office make any claims to the > copyrights of a work created with it? That is to say, if I wrote a > screenplay using Writer, do I retain full copyrights? Yes. > > I've already read the Apache License 2.0 document, the license statement > for Open Office, as well as the FAQs on both pages and I understand the > rights pertaining to use of the software, but I don't see any mention of > copyrights for works created with it. Usually (as with Google Docs, for > example) there is a page listing Terms and Conditions that answers these > questions. Can you please direct me to that page? And may I suggest adding > it to the Open Office FAQs or License statement? > > Thanks for your time, > > *Jasmine Kanter* > 519.702.5666 | jasminekan...@gmail.com -- Rory O'Farrell - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Copyrights for works created using Open Office
To Whom It May Concern: I've been looking for an alternative to the (costly) Microsoft Office Suite of products and I'm very impressed by the Apache Software Foundation's vision and range of products. I'm trying also to be a conscientious user by carefully reading your software licenses and FAQs before I download. Perhaps this is an obvious question (certainly I can infer the answer from your organization's manifestos), but I haven't found it stated explicitly anywhere on your websites: does Open Office make any claims to the copyrights of a work created with it? That is to say, if I wrote a screenplay using Writer, do I retain full copyrights? I've already read the Apache License 2.0 document, the license statement for Open Office, as well as the FAQs on both pages and I understand the rights pertaining to use of the software, but I don't see any mention of copyrights for works created with it. Usually (as with Google Docs, for example) there is a page listing Terms and Conditions that answers these questions. Can you please direct me to that page? And may I suggest adding it to the Open Office FAQs or License statement? Thanks for your time, *Jasmine Kanter* 519.702.5666 | jasminekan...@gmail.com
