On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 9:13 AM, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org>wrote:
> On 11/04/2014 Alan B wrote: > >> On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 8:38 PM, Miranda Skerman wrote: >> >>> My name is Miranda Skerman and I am working on an ABC2 comedy series >>> about >>> an Aboriginal radio station called "8MMM", which is being filmed in Alice >>> Springs. >>> We would love to download Open Office to use in our radio station >>> "offices" - just to have something happening on the computer screen in >>> there. >>> Could you please advise me if any permissions are needed to have Open >>> Office on display? It would mostly be incidental/background but there >>> may >>> be instances where an actor interacts with the computer a little. >>> >> >> Short answer is "Yes you can", to all your questions. Perhaps most >> significantly compared to commercially licensed products, given the stated >> desire to alter it, you're free to do that as well. >> > > Hello Miranda, thank you for considering OpenOffice... and Alan is mostly > correct. > > However, situations like this one, where our products are displayed in a > TV series, often imply a discussion about trademarks. > Thanks for adding this bit Andrea. Glad I did point her at the license and suggest her attorneys should take a look. For future reference is trademark the only element that would require authorization in a situation where there is a public display and/or the product is altered?
