-------- Original Message -------- From: Michael Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat 24 Mar 2007 22:19:32 EST
> Hiya > > Im pretty much new to this group, in fact this is my first post. I > have been using OOo religiously for a few years and have rolled it > out in a few small corporate environments where it was greeted with > open arms (Thanks guys and girls!) > > This morning while surfing ebay I was disturbed to find that there > are a few people selling Open Office and various other GPL'd software > (Clam AV) in auctions. Is this allowed or shouldn't ebay take the > same stance on people selling FOSS on ebay as they do with viagra > sellers/pirates? > > Here are a couple of urls: > > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Open-OFFICE-2007-For-Windows-XP-Vista-Ultimate-Pro-Home_W0QQitemZ260099586391QQcategoryZ41856QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem > > > > http://cgi.ebay.ca/OPEN-OFFICE-2-1-FOR-WINDOWS-98-ME-XP-VISTA-DOWNLOAD-NOW_W0QQitemZ220089613101QQcategoryZ68258QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem > > > > Thanks for listening and I would appreciate any feedback on this :) > > Mike As stated by other contributors to this list, selling OOo (OpenOffice.org) is perfectly legal under the terms of the licence and is not discouraged since it is of benefit to those people who cannot or chose not to download the software. While neither of the sellers sighted by Mike appear to be offering OOo at an excessive price, one of them does appear to be indulging in deceptive advertising, by displaying an image of the very distinctive Microsoft Office 2007 package doctored with the name "Open Office Ultimate 2007". Unfortunately, it is morally bankrupt individuals such as this that give OOo and it's genuine distributors a bad name. Dave -- This is a mailing list which exists to support users of OpenOffice.org All answers are given by other users who volunteer their time. If you are not subscribed to this mailing list you may not see all the replies to your query. Please reply to [email protected] only and include some indication that you are not subscribed to this list. (eg. "I am not subscribed to this list, please CC: me.") For on-line support see: http://support.openoffice.org/index.html For a knowledge base see: http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
