Jonathan Kaye wrote:
Richard Detwiler wrote:
kevin johnston wrote:
Ernesto: Skipping many details, I think the most relevant point is
this: Absolutely anyone is *allowed* to offer it for sale, at
absolutely any price; but they are also *required* to inform you that
you can also get it for free. And then it's your choice.
Is this true? This is the first time I heard that it is a requirement
(of people who sell OOo) to tell people that they can get OOo for free.
Where is this spelled out?
Extracted from the Preamble of the LGPL
For example, if you distribute copies of the library, whether gratis or for
a fee, you must give the recipients all the rights that we gave you. You
must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the source code. If you
link other code with the library, you must provide complete object files to
the recipients, so that they can relink them with the library after making
changes to the library and recompiling it. And you must show them these
terms so they know their rights.
Also see:
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html
Cheers,
Jonathan
Hi Jonathan,
Interestingly this exact discussion is taking place at the forum also,
so the posts here caught my eye.
It says they have to make the source available. It does not say that
they must tell the end user that they can get the binaries for free.
Since they must of altered the source ever so slightly, to display the
name OpalOffice, I suppose they need to make their source available
then, not just point folks to the OpenOffice.org site for the source.
Drew
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