On 4/24/07, スフィンクス・ハウス wrote:
Does "OpenOffice.org binaries are legal for commercial use" mean that anyone can freely use all data contained in OpenOffice even for commercial purpose ?
You can use the source code for OOo in other projects. Content (graphics,audio,presentations, text) created within OOo, or used as part of an OOo document can only be used under the licence that they are distributed under. As a general rule of thumb: * Audio is distributed under a "all rights reserved" licence; * Video is distributed under a "your rights removed" licence; * Fonts are distributed under either "all rights reserved" or "non commercial usage only" licence; * Clip art is distributed under either "all rights reserved" or "non commercial usage only" licence; * Photographs are distributed under either "all rights reserved" or "non commercial usage only" licence; * The bigger the company that issues the content, the more restricted the licence will be. What "non commercial usage only"means is anybody's guess. One organization defines "non-commercial" to exclude any usage by any organization other than a 501 3 (c) organization in the US. A different organization defines "non commercial" as "gratis". Before using any content,ensure that you have permission from the copyright holder to use the content. Unfortunately, you can not always rely on embedded licence metadata. xan jonathon -- OOo can not correct for incompetence in creating documents from MSO. Furthermore,OOo can not compensate for the defective and flawed security measures used by Microsoft. As such, before using this product for exams that require faulty and defective software, ensure that you will not be unjustly penalized for the incompetence of the organization that requires the use of software that is known to be flawed, defective, bug-ridden, and fails to meet ISO file format standards.
