Changing the name is legal, so long as it does not infringe on anybody elses rights. If you renamed OpenOffice "Microsoft Office" for instance, that's a case of fraud. However, in that instance the two injured parties are MS and the buyer, not OpenOffice.
jack wallen wrote: > So, > > Recently a user on this list mentioned that someone was offering > OpenOffice for a download (for a price) on ebay. It was reported to ebay > and so on. > > Later, someone (not on this list) brought it to my attention that the > ebay member was actually doing nothing wrong, quoting this: > > "...When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not > price. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you > have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for > this service if you wish)..." -- GNU General Public License v2 (1) > > the ebay member is, however, selling OpenOffice under the name "Open > Office Pro Ultimate Edition 2007 Microsoft Windows" which isn't the name > of Openoffice. > > So: > > 1) is this ebay member really operating under the GPL properly > and > 2) is changing the name allowed under the GPL? > > thank you so much. sorry if this is a bit off topic. > > jack wallen > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
