It strikes me that Anna Tang asked a simple question to which, however, there is no simple answer (lawyers seem to write laws in such a manner as to make disputes profitable to their professional group inevitable). Under these circumstances, the circumspection exhibited by NoOp in his reply yesterday seems to me both desirable and necessary....
Henri 2007/8/17, James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > jonathon wrote: > > Frank Cox wrote: > > > > > She asked a very simple question: Is it legal for me to use OO on > > several > > > computers without paying a license fee. > > > > The answer to that is "it depends" > > What contracts has she signed? What is the wording of those contracts? > > > > > The answer to her question is yes. > > > I therefore provided her with correct and accurate information. > > > > If installing FLOSS is a breech of contract, what is your defence going > > to be when she sues you for triple damages? > > > > xan > > > > jonathon > Such contracts etc., are not the concern of anyone on the list. We can > only comment what OO allows. Anything beyond that is irrelevant as far > as the list goes. If she were to go into Staples and buys a box of > something, is Staples responsible if they say she can install the > software? > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- 老朽 頓首 M Henri Day, PhD, MD Stadshagsvägen 22, 5tr S-112 50 Stockholm SUÈDE Tel : +46 8 6183098 Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype/Google Talk : mhenriday http://mhenriday.googlepages.com http://mhenriday.blogspot.com/
