On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 2:17 AM, Srikanth Appana <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear Open Office Team , This is Srikanth from India - working for an listed > organization ( SKS Microfinance - www.sksindia.com ) in India . > > About SKS - Our mission is to fight poverty while keeping in line with our > core values of "right focus, right means and the right way." We provide > financial services to the poor and use our network to give the poor access to > other goods and services that they need. > > We pilot lot of financial products in rural sections , and our sales teams > want to use open office software ( with no intention to modify or distribute > ) as an alternative to MS office for all documenting and accounting needs . > As the usage will be categorized for commercial purpose -we request your > acknowledgement , if we can use the software for commercial/business purpose . >
Hello Srikanth, The formal permissions to use, redistribute and modify Apache OpenOffice are described in the Apache License 2.0: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html That license document will be of primary interest to the lawyers, but it is the formal statement. There is nothing there that restricts use of OpenOffice based on domain of use, commercial versus non-profit, etc. So you use sounds fine. In fact, if you are willing, I'd love to learn more about your organization and how you use OpenOffice, to feature in a story on our project's blog. We are always looking for interesting and compelling stories from users. If this sounds interesting, let me know and I'll follow up with you. Rob Weir, Apache OpenOffice Project Management Committee > Look forward for your response . > > Thank You > Srikanth Appana > Vice President - IT , SKS Microfinance > Hyderabad .India > > ________________________________ > Please do not print this email unless it is absolutely necessary. > > The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to > this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may > contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. If you are not > the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this > e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately and destroy all copies of this > message and any attachments. > > WARNING: Computer viruses can be transmitted via email. The recipient should > check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The company > accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this > email. > > www.sksindia.com > > > This message has been scanned for malware by Websense. www.websense.com ------------------------------------------- List Conduct Guidelines: http://openoffice.apache.org/list-conduct.html To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
