Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Softmaker

On 11/19/2013 06:10 PM, Jay Lozier wrote:
> On 11/19/2013 07:30 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote:
> > FreeOffice is interesting. In many ways, it resembles LO or OOo. Does 
> > anyone know if it was some form of fork or dirivative?
> >
> > Virgil
> Virgil
>
> I believe FreeOffice is proprietary and is the free version of 
> SoftMaker's office suite.
>
> Jay
> > -----Original Message----- From: Doug
> > Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 7:10 PM
> > To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Softmaker
> >
> > On 11/18/2013 06:36 PM, Jay Lozier wrote:
> > > On 11/18/2013 06:32 PM, Doug wrote:
> > > > On 11/18/2013 03:40 PM, Charles Smith wrote:
> > > > > On 11/18/13 11:58 AM, Doug wrote:
> > > > > > This list may not like the suggestion, but Softmaker has a free 
> > > > > > version
> > > > > > of its word processor and spreadsheet. You might find it less fiddly
> > > > > > than LO.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --doug
> > > > > Hmmm...No Mac version and not free--unless I overlooked something 
> > > > > on the
> > > > > website.
> > > > >
> > > > > Charles
> > > > No, not for Mac, but it sure is available for Linux. Look here:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.freeoffice.com/en/
> > > >
> > > > AFAIK, it is only short a few fonts compared to the paid version.
> > > > I have it on my laptop, and it works great.
> > > >
> > > > --doug
> > > Checking the website, I only saw Windows and Linux versions.
> > That's what I said. I didn't realize you need a Mac program.
> > --doug
I dropped them a note requesting a copy of the license.  They responded 
saying there is none.  Does this mean that the free version is public 
domain?  I'm not up on German law to know.

John


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