James wrote:

>  Also, if  they're charging for 3 years of use, I'd say they're violating the 
>  license that OpenOffice is issued under, which prohibits usage charges.

Depending upon exactly what those usage charges are for, the LGPL may
not prohibit them.

>  The only permissible charges are those for providing you with a copy,

The LGPL allows for one to charge for "support.  Nor does require that
the executable be sold/distributed for a nominal cost.

This is how, and why some organizations have a per seat/per year
charge for OOo.

Now wondering if the eBay vendor with a "buy it now" price of US$5,000
for OOo is still distributing it from there.

xan

jonathon

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