J. Luckett wrote: > Hey, there... > > Just wanted someone to know, I'd fallen for a scam, where someone has > repackaged Open Office under the name "Opal Office" and is selling it > for $12. I was just looking to check out some software because I > wasn't sure how I'd like Open Office's X11 solution for Intel Mac OSX. > I bought this software and everything was fine until I unpacked the > disk image to discover that what I was really buying was not "Opal > Office" but "Open Office" completely unchanged. To the developers of > Open Office, I don't think it's fair for all of your hard work and > generosity in making this available for free, while someone else > profits off of it for doing absolutely nothing. The offending Website > is www.officebestdeal.com > > It is entirely legal to sell OpenOffice. Many vendors sell a CD for a nominal amount and provide a valuable service for those who cannot download OpenOffice. Others charge more and may offer other benefits. There are some, who charge for a download link and who should be avoided, as they are providing no value over what's available for free from www.openoffice.org. OpenOffice is available as a free download from www.openoffice.org and may be distributed to others. If someone is distributing OpenOffice, they are supposed to advise users that OpenOffice binaries and source are available from www.openoffice.org, as per the instructions on: http://www.openoffice.org/about_us/OEM_and_CD.html
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