Folks I would really avoid to compare such a delicate matter as licences unless you are a lawyer. And even then that's not marketing but rather legal advice.
Thanks, Charles. Jay Lozier <jsloz...@gmail.com> a écrit : >On 12/31/2012 02:40 PM, Immanuel Giulea wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> In the marketing materials that I am writing covering LO vs AOO, I >was >> wondering if it would be relevant to go into an explanation about why >the >> GPL/LGPL licence used by LO was superior to the ASL as a "true open >source". >> >> I found this great document that explains the three "most common" >licences: >> ASL, GPL and LGPL (MPL is not included) (1, 2) >> >> Any thoughts on how relevant it would be to extract some of the >information >> and apply it on the materials? >> >> >> Cheers and Happy New Year >> >> Immanuel >> >> (1) >> >http://www.openlogic.com/Portals/172122/docs/understanding-the-three-most-common-open-source-licenses.pdf >> (2) http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/10518967 >> >Reviewing the Openlogic information I think we should compare the >GPL/LGPL with the typical proprietary license not the ASL. The >differences between the ASL and GPL/LGPL while important are, IMHO, >more >a matter of degree than kind. Both are intended to be user friendly and > >allow user modifications and access to the source code that the typical > >proprietary license does not allow. > >Comparing GPL/LGPL to a proprietary license > >1. GPL gives users complete access to the source code. This allows >users >to compile the code for another platform, modify the code, or extend >the >code as they see fit. Proprietary code does not allow any access to the > >source code. > >2. GPL license implies the unrestricted installation of the program >without cost to the user. Proprietary licenses have varying >restrictions >on the number of allowed installations. > >3. FOSS projects have free, unlimited user support from dedicated users > >with some form of question and answer interaction between the user and >responder(s). Some projects also have commercial support available. >Proprietary software often does not have free user forums or user lists > >where anyone can ask a question and get answers. Typically, proprietary > >software offers knowledge base articles and paid support. > >4. Most GPL licensed projects promote contributions from all interested > >individuals. This community, often worldwide, brings a broader >perspective to the project even if the actual code development is done >by relatively few individuals. Proprietary projects can have problems >with gaining a sufficiently broad perspective because the developers >are >more isolated from the end users during development. > >-- >Jay Lozier >jsloz...@gmail.com > > >-- >Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to >marketing+h...@global.libreoffice.org >Problems? >http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >Posting guidelines + more: >http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ >All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >deleted -- Envoyé de mon téléphone avec Kaiten Mail. Excusez la brièveté. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
