David Flor escribió:
Please forward to whoever is appropriate...
Who do I contact if I have questions regarding distribution of an
OpenOffice derivative?
Just check the licence in the page.
I'm interested in using the word processor on a
potentially commercial and "off the shelf" product and would like to know
what licensing restrictions there are.
Near no one.
I understand somewhat the GPL, so I understand that means I have to make the
source openly available.
Openoffice is not under the GPL, but the LGPL. Please, check:
http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/lgpl_license.html
1) Do I have to include the sources as part of the distribution, or simply
make them available *somewhere* for download.
"
4. You may copy and distribute the Library (or a portion or derivative
of it, under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the
terms of Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you accompany it with the
complete corresponding machine-readable source code, which must be
distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium
customarily used for software interchange.
If distribution of object code is made by offering access to copy from a
designated place, then offering equivalent access to copy the source
code from the same place satisfies the requirement to distribute the
source code, even though third parties are not compelled to copy the
source along with the object code.
"
2) Does the source code disclosure apply only to the OpenOffice component,
and not any applications that may use it?
"
5. A program that contains no derivative of any portion of the Library,
but is designed to work with the Library by being compiled or linked
with it, is called a "work that uses the Library". Such a work, in
isolation, is not a derivative work of the Library, and therefore falls
outside the scope of this License.
"
Hope that helps.
Javier.
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