Re: [users] There seems to be a lot of people selling Open Office 2.2.1 on E-Bay!

2007-08-15 Thread Darren Forster
It's legal to sell Open Source software for enough to cover the costs of duplication/resources only, not to make a profit, I think the recommended maximum is somewhere about £5, although judging by the low-cost of CD's and the amount of time it takes to produce an OpenOffice disc I would say the

Re: [users] There seems to be a lot of people selling Open Office 2.2.1 on E-Bay!

2007-08-15 Thread James Knott
Darren Forster wrote: It's legal to sell Open Source software for enough to cover the costs of duplication/resources only, not to make a profit, I think the recommended maximum is somewhere about £5, although judging by the low-cost of CD's and the amount of time it takes to produce an

Re: [users] There seems to be a lot of people selling Open Office 2.2.1 on E-Bay!

2007-08-13 Thread Elias Aarnio
Jules Kirby kirjoitti: This isn't legal is it? Thought you might like to know. There are too many people to list individually but on ebay.co.uk there are loads of people selling it. It is legal. If someone manages to sell LGPL licensed software it is all right. Hint: In this context free

Re: [users] There seems to be a lot of people selling Open Office 2.2.1 on E-Bay!

2007-08-12 Thread James Knott
Jules Kirby wrote: This isn't legal is it? Thought you might like to know. There are too many people to list individually but on ebay.co.uk there are loads of people selling it. It is entirely legal, though some are a better deal than others. Those who sell a CD at a nominal cost, provide a

Re: [users] There seems to be a lot of people selling Open Office 2.2.1 on E-Bay!

2007-08-12 Thread jonathon
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jules Kirby wrote: This isn't legal is it? Thought you might like to know. There are too Free can mean one of two things: * Libre: * Gratis; 1: Libre The Free Software Foundation has defined Libre Software as that which meets the Four