Re: [libreoffice-users] i have questions about licensing in libreoffice.

hi tom.
thanks so much for your great informations.
i learned many useful things from it and i appreciate you and pray for you.
i heard sometimes that openoffice license is license of oracle company.
is it true?

i love gpl mpl and lgpl license best and they are very close to my
ideas and beliefs.
in this case, libreoffice is the best option for me forever.
am i right?

On 4/15/17, Tom Davies <tomcecf@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi :)
> Just my opinion and i might be wrong in some aspects but hopefully i've got
> enough correct to give you a rough idea. :)
>
> The OpenOffice license has changed quite a bit over the years.  LibreOffice
> is closer to the original - and is aiming to be something like the Creative
> Commons ones, ie free to use, free to modify and free for you to share your
> modified version or/and to share the unmodified version.
>
> You can sell the unmodified or modified versions for whatever you like as
> long as it's on Cd/Dvd, or Usb or that you are providing some way for
> people to install it that is different from them just downloading it from
> the LibreOffice website.  You would not be charging for the software itself
> so you would be charging for providing the means/method for the people to
> install the software.  However you need to make it clear to them where they
> can get the source code for free and be willing to give them the source
> code via the same method used to give them the software.
>
> There are sometimes disagreements about whether it is enough to just give
> them a link to the LibreOffice website or whether you should provide the
> source code by the same means as the rest of the software and whether you
> should give them the source code at the same time as the rest of the
> software.  If, for example, you are selling Cd's of LibreOffice then it
> might be easiest to just include the source code on the same Cd to prevent
> such 'discussions'.  If anyone asks you to provide the source code then you
> have to give them at least the link to the LibreOffice website so they can
> get it for free (excluding transmissions and internet charges etc).
>
> You can charge for support, consultation, advice and other services.
>
> If you make any money from LibreOffice then it's polite (and strategically
> wise) to donate to The Document Foundation or/and a group working on
> LibreOffice such as a localisation/translation group or local users-group.
>
> There are arguments/discussions about what "make money" means.  Often the
> people who do charge argue that a percentage of ALL money should go to TDF
> - people who don't charge point out that it should be only an amount of the
> profits (ie only after all the costs and expenses and after the costs of
> expanding the business a bit have been recouped by whoever was doing the
> charging).
>
>
> The main aim is to get LibreOffice distributed as widely as reasonably
> possible without creating problems for the people doing the distributing.
> OpenOffice has moved slightly away from that idea and is a little more keen
> on getting some sort of recognition for those involved in doing the
> programming.
>
> 3rd party stuff; such as Java, accessibility programs (and anything else
> that is not directly part of LibreOffice itself) each have their own
> "Ts&Cs" (= terms and conditions) of what they want to let you do and what
> they want to prevent.
>
> With something like Java there is likely to be an Open Source
> alternative/version that does have a very similar license to LibreOffice.
>
>
> I have tried to describe the GPL license because that is used quite widely
> in OpenSource projects.  The Mozilla license and LGPL used by LibreOffice
> and a few others aims to be similar but have slight nuances or try to make
> the essential freedoms clearer or more binding under law but they all aim
> to be much the same as the GPL.
>
> The Apache Foundation's licence, used by OpenOffice nowadays, tends to be
> more like the BSD licenses and tends to try to give more credit to the
> programmers and restrict usage a little bit more.  Confusingly some people
> refer to these as being more 'permissive', i think because it gives big
> businesses more control.
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
> On 15 April 2017 at 10:18, nasrin khaksar <nasrinkhaksar3@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > tudy it, but it was extremely long
> > specially with inclusion of thirdparthy


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