James Knott wrote:
CarlP wrote:
Troy Leonard wrote:
I am starting a small business building custom computers and I want
to know
if I can distribute open office with the new computers I build. I
will not
charge extra for your software but I don't want to violate your
ownership
rights.
OK, just a quick digression (at the risk of inadvertently hijacking
this thread with a long discussion). While I like the open source
model and OOo software, I was just wondering what the impact would be
of requiring a small fee for this kind of use of OO. That is, for any
bundling on commercial computers and/or for distributions where a fee
is charged (beyond shipping costs). The fee, of course, would help
cover the development costs, costs of the website and these
discussions, etc.
This topic came up a couple of weeks back, when someone found a site
that charged a significant amount for OO. As I recall, there was
nothing illegal about it.
I know there's nothing illegal about it. I was asking if there has been
any discussion of whether or not the current license is the best
approach given the funding needs of OO development.
Carl
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