In data giovedì 13 gennaio 2011 22:53:59, Fabián Rodríguez ha scritto: > On 11-01-12 11:35 AM, Larry Gusaas wrote: > > On 2011/01/12 8:49 AM Mirek M. wrote: > >> 2011/1/12 Jonathan Aquilina<eagles051...@gmail.com> > >> > >>> > Why not license it under an appropriate license that would allow > >>> > >>> us to put > >>> > >>> > it in the app store? would that mean we would need to remove the > >>> > >>> GPL or can > >>> > >>> > it be dual licensed to go on the app store? > >> > >> I'm no expert, but as I understand it, LibreOffice is licensed under the > >> LGPL, which should allow it to be used with DRM (whereas VLC was GPL). > >> In order for LibreOffice to change its license, it would need to get > >> an OK > >> from all its contributors, including Oracle, which is not too likely to > >> happen IMHO. But I don't think that's necessary in this case. > > > > There is no DRM used on the Mac OS X App Store. There is DRM on the > > Apple iOS AppStore. They are two separate entities. The FSF objections > > are to the DRM on the iOS AppStore and do not apply to the OS X App > > Store. Of course, the FSF objects to Apple and any other company that > > does not give away their software for free. > > > > Larry > > Hi Larry, > > DRM means "Digital Rights Management" and although it (apparently) has > been easily circumvented in the App store, there are indeed such control > mechanisms implemented: > http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1075297 > > A quick search shows confusing information about this (again): > http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/02/poetic-justice-watch-crackulous-r > eleased-pirated-re-sold.ars > http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20027731-264.html > > "Free" in "Free software" refers to Freedom, not free as in $0 cost. > It's a common mistake, but the Free Software Foundation is not objecting > to anyone selling Free software. Quite the opposite, in fact, except the > software itself is not considering the only goods you would be > monetizing. This article should help understanding such model: > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html > > Larry, knowing that you are the audience we seek, I'd like to know how > you found out about OOo (or Libreoffice, if you didn't know OOo before). > Perhaps that can provide other ways to better reach Mac audiences ? >
Should it be possible to have a light Libò version for BlackBerry? This kind of mobile phone is used by the majority of businessmen, I suppose it should be useful to have it inside the phone. What do you think? -- Valter Registered Linux User #466410 http://counter.li.org Kubuntu Linux: www.kubuntu.org LibreOffice: www.libreoffice.org OpenOffice.org: www.openoffice.org -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
