On Fri, 2008-05-09 at 17:11 -0400, David Convengo wrote: > I noticed that despite the pretty clear LGPL license (which basically grants > copying and distributing as long as one makes the source code available), > OpenOffice.org has additional expectations from an OpenOffice.org > distributor. Namely, passing a web site review. > > I don't have a web site (yet), but I wish to start distributing > OpenOffice.org CDs for a small fee for the making the CDs (< $4.75) very > soon. Sooner than the time it would take me to build my web site. > > Can I do that? Can I start selling those CDs on EBay as long as I **don't** > use the OOo logo? > > If the answer is "No", can you explain why? I can't see in the license terms > anything that forbids that. > > Thanks, > David Convengo
David, I have been distributing OOo for several years now, I have no website, I expect my clients to pay on an "honour" system after they receive the goods. And I have not had a problem. No reason why it shouldn't work for you. I prefer the system I have as it gets the product in their hands quicker, and I'm not going to go broke, even if they ALL don't pay. I see no impediment for your joining the few, "we happy few" to quote Will Shakespeare. But maybe eBay have some rules about this, of which I am unaware, aas I am only listed as a distributor on OO.org website. Andrew Greig Australia --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
