On Thu, 2006-03-23 at 09:25 +0000, Maria Osman wrote: > Hello, > > A member of staff would like to have Open Office installed on some of > our machines on the network. Just a query really to have feedback from > you as to whether there are any licencing issues involved in doing so.
Just to summarise and add to what others have already said:- There are no up-front or recurrent or hidden fees or charges. There are no restrictions on normal use irrespective of whether you are a private individual or a profit or non-profit making corporation or government instrumentality. The only restriction is that there is no support offered by Sun for Open Office. If you need support then you should consider buying StarOffice, which is the same as OpenOffice but with some additions including support. For OpenOffice, there are forums like this one and others, or you can usually buy support from independent providers. >From your domain you appear to be a school. You are free to distribute copies of Open Office to your staff, students or their relatives and friends, and anyone else who would like to use it. You may charge a fee to cover your costs in doing so, or even to make a profit for your school if you like. If you sell or distribute copies, then the license may require you to inform your recipients where they can acquire the software themselves if they wish to. I say "may", because I'm not sure if that only applies to software developers distributing modified versions of the software, or not. I'm sure others will correct any misunderstandings on my part in the above. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
