Pete Holsberg wrote:
Now that Star Office 8 is free from Google, what affect will this have on
OOo?
A few ***selected*** quotes from the Ts&Cs you agree to if you download
Star Office from Google:
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1. USE OF SOFTWARE
The Software is made available to you for your personal, non-commercial
use only.
2. PRIVACY POLICY
Information collected by Google or Third Parties in connection with your
use of the Software may be stored and processed in the United States or
any other country in which Google, its agents, the Third Parties or
their agents maintain facilities. Accordingly, by using the Software
you consent to any transfer of such information outside of your country.
3. PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
You agree that you will not, and will not allow any third party to, (i)
copy, sell, license, distribute, transfer, modify, adapt, translate,
prepare derivative works from, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble
or otherwise attempt to derive source code from the Software, unless
otherwise permitted.
4. AUTOMATIC UPDATES
By installing the Software, you agree to automatically request and
receive Updates.
5. U.S. GOVERNMENT RESTRICTED RIGHTS
The Software and any related documentation are deemed "commercial
computer software" and "commercial computer software documentation,"
respectively, within the meaning of the applicable civilian and military
Federal acquisition regulations and any supplement thereto. If the user
of the Software is an agency, department, employee, or other entity of
the United States Government, the use, duplication, reproduction,
release, modification, disclosure, or transfer of the Software,
including technical data or manuals, is restricted by the terms,
conditions and covenants contained in these Terms and Condition.
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So, perhaps not quite the LGPL. Until (?) it becomes unavailable I think
I'll stick with OpenOffice.
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Harold Fuchs
London, England
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