On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 00:34:40 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The name is mentioned > absolutely NOWHERE on the package or inside the box either, for that matter. > > Can they do that?
They can indeed. In many cases the name of a Free Software project is the only part of it that you can't fork. (Trademarks and all that.) > Clearly the implication is that the software inside the > box is THEIR material when, in fact, it is not their property. If this is > not > illegal, it is certainly unethical. It's not illegal. The LGPL allows anyone to do just that. They do have to provide the source code, or a written offer to provide the same. > It does lead to an interesting question: Since Cosmi is selling > OpenOffice.org under their own banner, should we expect them to support the > product in > the future with updates to the community at large? It would be nice if they did, but I wouldn't hold my breath "expecting it", were I you. > And second, is there > something that can be done to protest this clear abuse of the general public > license, to force Cosmi to acknowledge this fact? (There is a new version > of the > software on the shelves at Fry's Electronics, and I don't believe that the > new > package made any mention of the use of OpenOffice.org either.) Again, they do have to provide or offer the source code as part of their product. Cosmi, eh... There used to be a Cosmi that published "bargain bin" software for the Commodore 64. One of their best games was a helicopter simulation called Super Huey. In fact, I still play it occasionally. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
