On 5 November 2010 16:10, James Watts <jwa...@cmcu.org> wrote: > Hello, > > I know that Open Office is free, and I was under the assumption that was > for any scenario. But I was told that businesses may have to pay in-order to > use it. I wanted to know if this was true and if so, how much does it cost? > > Thank you for your help! > > James Watts > > It's free. To download, to use and/or to give to others. That's true regardless of who you are or who you represent. You may read the licence, or get your lawyer to read and interpret it for you, at http://www.openoffice.org/license.html
However, there are companies who charge for OpenOffice.org. Some of these are legitimate in that they offer additional facilities such as on-site training and/or support; or CD's for sale at reasonable prices to those with slow and/or expensive and/or unreliable internet connections. Some, though are morally illegitimate in that they try to take pecuniary advantage of the unwary and ignorant. Caveat emptor. -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to users@openoffice.org
