On Saturday August 18 2007 12:58, Harold Fuchs wrote: > 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: > ========= begin *** selected *** quotes ========= > > 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. > ================ end selected quotes ======== > > So, perhaps not quite the LGPL. Until (?) it becomes unavailable I think > I'll stick with OpenOffice. Sure agree with you. Do not need Google or anyone else gathering info on me. -- Russ Linux register user 441463
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