jonathon wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > There aren't any contracts that say you can't install free software
>
> a) I've seen contracts that prohibited the installation of FLOSS;
> b) I've seen EULAs that prohibited the installation of the software on a
> FLOSS platform;
>
> As far as lawsu
It strikes me that Anna Tang asked a simple question to which, however,
there is no simple answer (lawyers seem to write laws in such a manner as to
make disputes profitable to their professional group inevitable). Under
these circumstances, the circumspection exhibited by NoOp in his reply
yesterd
jonathon wrote:
> Frank Cox wrote:
>
> > She asked a very simple question: Is it legal for me to use OO on
> several
> > computers without paying a license fee.
>
> The answer to that is "it depends"
> What contracts has she signed? What is the wording of those contracts?
>
> > The answer to her
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> There aren't any contracts that say you can't install free software
a) I've seen contracts that prohibited the installation of FLOSS;
b) I've seen EULAs that prohibited the installation of the software on a
FLOSS platform;
On Friday 17 August 2007 00:10:27 jonathon wrote:
> Frank Cox wrote:
> > She asked a very simple question: Is it legal for me to use OO
> > on several computers without paying a license fee.
>
> The answer to that is "it depends"
> What contracts has she signed? What is the wording of those
> con
On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:10:27 +0100
jonathon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If installing FLOSS is a breech of contract, what is your defence going
> to be when she sues you for triple damages?
I have never seen an service contract that actually prohibits the installation
of Free Software on a compu
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Frank Cox wrote:
> She asked a very simple question: Is it legal for me to use OO on several
> computers without paying a license fee.
The answer to that is "it depends"
What contracts has she signed? What is the wording of those contracts?
> The
On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:07:58 -0700
NoOp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Frank, please don't do this. You have no authority to *confirm anything*
> on OOo's behalf.
I can read, and have been working with and around the GPL and LGPL
for several years now.
She asked a very simple question: Is it lega
On 08/16/2007 03:25 PM, Frank Cox wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 23:03:47 +0800 "Annie Tang"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Your help is much appreciated if you can confirm soonest possible
>> that if it is legal for me to use OpenOffice for corporate use (>
>> 20 computers) without any licensing
