Thanks for the perspective. Open Office is awesome BTW. Any chance of you folks coming out with coffee mugs or T-shirts?
Cheers, Graham http://www3.telus.net/imagestreamstudio/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Harold Fuchs To: [email protected] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 02:44 Subject: Re: [users] Opal Office, looks like Open office to me On 16/03/2008, Graham Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I happened ocross the site for Opal Office today and found it curious that they are selling what looks like Open Office. Just wondering if you folks know about this. The site is: http://www.officebestdeal.com/?gclid=CLuwlK-nkJICFSEaawodtk9u_A Cheers, Graham http://www3.telus.net/imagestreamstudio/ As far as we know it is OpenOffice. Under the terms of its licence it is legal to sell OpenOffice provided the other terms of that licence are met, the main "other term" being that the source code is made available to those that want it. Some people sell OpenOffice on CD for just a small amount to cover the cost of producing the CD plus P&P. This frequently provides a useful service to people with slow/unreliable/expensive internet connections who would have problems downloading the software. Other people sell enhanced versions and/or provide training and/or installation support and/or extra goodies like clip art or templates. Useful? Depends; certainly not an out and out "never". Others are just rip-off merchants relying on the ignorance of the purchaser. Opal Office? No comment. -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to [email protected]
