Hi, > Von: Robert Funnell <robert.funn...@mcgill.ca> > An: "discuss@openoffice.org" <discuss@openoffice.org>
> >> So, am I being > >> paranoid in thinking that the choice of the name "LibreOffice" suggests > that > >> at some stage it will no longer be Gratis? > > > > Yup. > > This does seem a bit paranoid. 'Libre' nicely emphasizes the 'free > speech' aspect. Isn't the 'free beer' aspect assured by the GPL > licence? Not directly for the final product, the "free beer" aspect applies to the source code. The good thing about the "libre" aspect is, that everyone is allowed to get the source, build the binaries and distribute this for free. Nobody can take away this freedom. André -- Neu: GMX De-Mail - Einfach wie E-Mail, sicher wie ein Brief! Jetzt De-Mail-Adresse reservieren: http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/demail --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-h...@openoffice.org
