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APACHE OPEN OFFICE - COMMERCIAL USE ENQUIRY
Dear Open Office Team , This is Srikanth from India - working for an listed organization ( SKS Microfinance - www.sksindia.com ) in India .
About SKS - Our mission is to fight poverty while keeping in line with our core values of "right focus, right means and the right way." We provide financial services to the poor and use our network to give the poor access to other goods and services that they need.
We pilot lot of financial products in rural sections , and our sales teams want to use open office software ( with no intention to modify or distribute ) as an alternative to MS office for all documenting and accounting needs . As the usage will be categorized for commercial purpose -we request your acknowledgement , if we can use the software for commercial/business purpose .
Look forward for your response .
Thank You
Srikanth Appana
Vice President - IT , SKS Microfinance
Hyderabad .India
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Re: APACHE OPEN OFFICE - COMMERCIAL USE ENQUIRY
Posted by Alexandro Colorado <jz...@oooes.org>.
As you can see in our license you are free to sell and distribute the software as long as our guidelines like trademark and source code are respected and available to the end user.
Please refer to the license here:
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
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On Fri Mar 14 00:17:04 2014 Srikanth Appana <sr...@sksindia.com> wrote:
>
>
> Dear Open Office Team , This is Srikanth from India - working for an
> listed organization ( SKS Microfinance - www.sksindia.com ) in India .
>
> About SKS - Our mission is to fight poverty while keeping in line with
> our core values of "right focus, right means and the right way." We
> provide financial services to the poor and use our network to give the
> poor access to other goods and services that they need.
>
> We pilot lot of financial products in rural sections , and our sales
> teams want to use open office software ( with no intention to modify or
> distribute ) as an alternative to MS office for all documenting and
> accounting needs . As the usage will be categorized for commercial
> purpose -we request your acknowledgement , if we can use the software
> for commercial/business purpose .
>
> Look forward for your response .
>
> Thank You
> Srikanth Appana
> Vice President - IT , SKS Microfinance
> Hyderabad .India
>
> ________________________________
> Please do not print this email unless it is absolutely necessary.
>
> The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments
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> transmitted by this email.
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>
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Re: APACHE OPEN OFFICE - COMMERCIAL USE ENQUIRY
Posted by James Knott <ja...@rogers.com>.
Srikanth Appana wrote:
> if we can use the software for commercial/business purpose
Yes, it can be used without any charge, though donations are
appreciated. You can also encourage employees to use it at home and
elsewhere, again without charge. There is no charge for using OpenOffice.
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Re: APACHE OPEN OFFICE - COMMERCIAL USE ENQUIRY
Posted by Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org>.
On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 2:17 AM, Srikanth Appana
<sr...@sksindia.com> wrote:
>
>
> Dear Open Office Team , This is Srikanth from India - working for an listed organization ( SKS Microfinance - www.sksindia.com ) in India .
>
> About SKS - Our mission is to fight poverty while keeping in line with our core values of "right focus, right means and the right way." We provide financial services to the poor and use our network to give the poor access to other goods and services that they need.
>
> We pilot lot of financial products in rural sections , and our sales teams want to use open office software ( with no intention to modify or distribute ) as an alternative to MS office for all documenting and accounting needs . As the usage will be categorized for commercial purpose -we request your acknowledgement , if we can use the software for commercial/business purpose .
>
Hello Srikanth,
The formal permissions to use, redistribute and modify Apache
OpenOffice are described in the Apache License 2.0:
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
That license document will be of primary interest to the lawyers, but
it is the formal statement.
There is nothing there that restricts use of OpenOffice based on
domain of use, commercial versus non-profit, etc. So you use sounds
fine.
In fact, if you are willing, I'd love to learn more about your
organization and how you use OpenOffice, to feature in a story on our
project's blog. We are always looking for interesting and compelling
stories from users. If this sounds interesting, let me know and I'll
follow up with you.
Rob Weir,
Apache OpenOffice Project Management Committee
> Look forward for your response .
>
> Thank You
> Srikanth Appana
> Vice President - IT , SKS Microfinance
> Hyderabad .India
>
> ________________________________
> Please do not print this email unless it is absolutely necessary.
>
> The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments.
>
> WARNING: Computer viruses can be transmitted via email. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email.
>
> www.sksindia.com
>
>
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