On Sat, 2005-04-09 at 17:06 -0500, Peter Kupfer wrote: > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > On Sat, 2005-04-09 at 15:11 -0500, Peter Kupfer wrote: > > >>Isn't advertising a form of support. A quote from > >><http://www.openoffice.org/contributing/marketing.html>. > >> > >>"We need people to distribute OpenOffice.org CDs. Whether you give them > >>away for free, or sell them at a profit, you will be helping > >>OpenOffice.org reach more users. If you visit the Distribution project > >>hope page you will learn about distributing OpenOffice.org and how we > >>can help." > >> > > > > > > What are you trying to say? I am perfectly aware that we have legitimate > > cd distributors. I do not think that the above applies to free-loading > > exploiters. > > > > If you think that it is okay, you provide the support. > > My point is that I don't see how they are exploiting us? Our own web > page encourages distributing for a profit. > > Furthermore, it doesn't matter if I provide support when they get other > messages from people telling them that since they bought this product we > aren't going to help them. It give a bad impression OOo and the users list. > > You of course are free to say what you want, but I would like the users > to be cut some slack and not be made to feel like criminals for > purchasing something. >
Peter et al, What is this about? Are you saying that I have no right to decide how I invest my time in OOo except as you dictate? I hope not. I have said time and time again you are free to do what you want. Please do not expect that emails such as this over and over and over again are going to change my mind. Surely I have that right. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
