> We (the OOo open source community) don't know what modifications Cosmi > might have made, what add-ons, etc. If Cosmi modifies the source code and doesn't redistribute it under the General Public License, they are in violation of the GPL. Is this happening? If so they need to be reported to http://gpl-violations.org/
Steve On Apr 09 07:48AM, Steve Kopischke wrote: > > G. Roderick Singleton said the following: > > >On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 19:33 -0500, Peter Kupfer wrote: > > > >>Mark Herring wrote: > >> > >>>Perfect Pro appears to be a commercial branch of OOo. Here's the link: > >>>http://www.cosmi.com/OnlineStore/ProductCatalog/ProductDetail.aspx?Matnr=763000WEB > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>They don't seem to acknowledge the heritage, however.... > >>> > >>>I wonder if they tell their customers to come to us for support? ;) > >>> > >>They don't have to, the program does. Try this: > >> > >>*Help > Support* > >> > >>Right there our website is listed. > >> > >>Heck, the name of the program is OpenOffice.org, doesn't take a genius > >>to find the website! :) > >> > >> > > > >So this company not only rips off the project they expect us to do there > >support. Never. What they and others have done with re-labelling OOo may > >be sharp business in the Bill Gates sense but expecting free support is > >another thing. Where is the money? Cosmi has not supported the project > >in any fashion that I can find. Nuts to them. > > > > > I lurk on this list mostly, since I have not yet taken the time to begin > fully using OOo. However, I agree with G. Roderick. Cosmi sells the > application, along with a lot of other things and makes a handsome > profit. We (the OOo open source community) don't know what modifications > Cosmi might have made, what add-ons, etc. > > Let *them* support *their* product. > > oldgnome > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
