[Gllug] Star office

[Chris Bell]

On Mon 26 Nov, Stephen Harker wrote:
> 
> On Sunday 25 November 2001 11:27, you wrote:
> > On Thu 22 Nov, Richard Cohen wrote:
> > > > and what is the licence for SO6 then?
> > >
> > > <unofficial>
> > > As far as I know, SO6 will be under the same license (possibly
> > > give or take some legal crap, but same effect) as SO5.2 - free
> > > for any use, only real restriction is on redistribution.
> >
> >    I haven't even figured out what they mean by redistribution. Do
> > they mean
> >
> > Installing more than one copy from a distribution CD
> >
> > or
> >
> > Attempting to distribute from an installed copy
> >
> > or something else?
> They mean don't re-distribute the installation program without 
> permission from them (presumably SuSe etc. have permission).
> Which means don't put the install file on your own (public?) ftp 
> server or make CD's of it for your friends. But once you have a copy, 
> you are not restricted on how many times you may install it from that 
> source. I don't think OpenOffice has such restrictions. Anyone?

   Many thanks for the information.

-- 
Chris Bell


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