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Legal open ofifce being sold?
Is this open office?
Is this open office? http://www.ebay.com/itm/251723894087
If it is your product, why should I buy on e-bay?
Mary
Re: Legal open ofifce being sold?
Posted by James Knott <ja...@rogers.com>.
On 11/26/2014 04:04 PM, Dale Erwin wrote:
> On 11/26/2014 3:43 PM, Clearsight Publishing Co.,
> www.cleareyesight-batesmethod.info wrote:
>> Is this open office?
>>
>> Is this open office? http://www.ebay.com/itm/251723894087
>>
>> If it is your product, why should I buy on e-bay?
>>
>>
>>
>> Mary
>>
>
> That is NOT OpenOffice. It is an ad for a Microsoft Office Suite. You
> should never have to buy Open Office.
>
Actually, it says "compatible", so it likely is OO or LibreOffice.
Given the ad mentions shipping, I suspect it's a CD. So, if is a CD,
without crapware, then it's OK. However, it would be nice if they said
what it actually was, including version nunber.
Regardless, one should never have to pay for an OO download. CDs should
only be a nominal amount.
As always, download only from www.openoffice.org.
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Re: Legal open ofifce being sold?
Posted by Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>.
On Wed, 26 Nov 2014 16:04:03 -0500
Dale Erwin <da...@casaerwin.org> wrote:
> On 11/26/2014 3:43 PM, Clearsight Publishing Co.,
> www.cleareyesight-batesmethod.info wrote:
> > Is this open office?
> >
> > Is this open office? http://www.ebay.com/itm/251723894087
> >
> > If it is your product, why should I buy on e-bay?
> >
> >
> >
> > Mary
> >
>
> That is NOT OpenOffice. It is an ad for a Microsoft Office Suite. You
> should never have to buy Open Office.
>
> Dale
OpenOffice can be downloaded free. We recommend to download only from www.openoffice.org
This site will redirect to SourceForge servers, where the files are stored. The download should then begin in about 5 seconds, without need to click on anything else.
--
Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>
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Re: Legal open ofifce being sold?
Posted by Andrea Pescetti <pe...@apache.org>.
Dale Erwin wrote:
> On 11/26/2014 3:43 PM, Clearsight Publishing Co., wrote:
>> Is this open office? http://www.ebay.com/itm/251723894087
>> If it is your product, why should I buy on e-bay?
> That is NOT OpenOffice. It is an ad for a Microsoft Office Suite. You
> should never have to buy Open Office.
Screenshots and description look like OpenOffice.
It is possible to sell OpenOffice on EBay, see
http://www.openoffice.org/distribution/
But we recommend to download from our official site only, see
http://s.apache.org/genuine-openoffice (and the download from the
official site is of course complete and free).
Regards,
Andrea.
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Re: Legal open ofifce being sold?
Posted by James Knott <ja...@rogers.com>.
On 11/30/2014 09:59 AM, Peter Junge wrote:
> On 27/11/14 07:47, jonathon wrote:
>> On 26/11/14 21:04, Dale Erwin wrote:
>>
>>> That is NOT OpenOffice.
>>
>> The confusing thing is that they call it "Professional Open Office
>> Suite", "Professional Office Suite", "Open Office Suite", and "Open
>> Office Suite 4.1.1".
>
>
> The only issue that I see is that those guys are using the term
> "Professional Open Office Suite" with the description of thus Ebay
> auction [1] because their shouldn't be any additions such as
> "Professional" to the brand name. Everything else seems to be OK. The
> copyright attribution seems to be appropriate. They even pointing out
> how AOO can be downloaded from the Internet.
>
I agree. There's nothing wrong with selling a CD for a nominal amount.
However, it would be better if they called it OpenOffice right at the top.
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Re: Legal open ofifce being sold?
Posted by Peter Junge <pe...@gmx.org>.
On 27/11/14 07:47, jonathon wrote:
> On 26/11/14 21:04, Dale Erwin wrote:
>
>> That is NOT OpenOffice.
>
> The confusing thing is that they call it "Professional Open Office
> Suite", "Professional Office Suite", "Open Office Suite", and "Open
> Office Suite 4.1.1".
The only issue that I see is that those guys are using the term
"Professional Open Office Suite" with the description of thus Ebay
auction [1] because their shouldn't be any additions such as
"Professional" to the brand name. Everything else seems to be OK. The
copyright attribution seems to be appropriate. They even pointing out
how AOO can be downloaded from the Internet.
/Peter
[1] http://www.ebay.com/itm/251723894087
>
> Between that, and the disclosures at the bottom of the page, the
> implication is that it is either Apache Open Office 4.1.1, or a very
> close derivative of it.
>
>> It is an ad for a Microsoft Office Suite.
>
> Further down on the page it states:
> «You will receive Open Office Suite on CD delivered by USPS First Class
> mail. ... All software programs on this CD-ROM are Open Source. The
> distribution of this software is allowed under the GNU LGPL.»
>
> That pretty much assures one that it is not Microsoft Office.
>
> Going down to the disclaimers, the implication is that what is being
> offered is Apache Open Office, even though the stated license (GNU LGPL)
> does not match the current license.
>
>> You should never have to buy Open Office.
>
> There are circumstances under which purchasing Open Office is a rational
> decision.
>
> To address the original poster's question, purchase of the CD is a
> reasonable action:
> * Data transfer limits;
> * Low throughput speeds;
> * Dirty network connections;
> * Installation on a computer that has no network connection, and
> SneakerNet is not a viable option;
>
> jonathon
>
> * English - detected
> * English
>
> * English
>
> <javascript:void(0);>
>
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Re: Legal open ofifce being sold?
Posted by jonathon <to...@gmail.com>.
On 26/11/14 21:04, Dale Erwin wrote:
> That is NOT OpenOffice.
The confusing thing is that they call it "Professional Open Office
Suite", "Professional Office Suite", "Open Office Suite", and "Open
Office Suite 4.1.1".
Between that, and the disclosures at the bottom of the page, the
implication is that it is either Apache Open Office 4.1.1, or a very
close derivative of it.
>It is an ad for a Microsoft Office Suite.
Further down on the page it states:
«You will receive Open Office Suite on CD delivered by USPS First Class
mail. ... All software programs on this CD-ROM are Open Source. The
distribution of this software is allowed under the GNU LGPL.»
That pretty much assures one that it is not Microsoft Office.
Going down to the disclaimers, the implication is that what is being
offered is Apache Open Office, even though the stated license (GNU LGPL)
does not match the current license.
>You should never have to buy Open Office.
There are circumstances under which purchasing Open Office is a rational
decision.
To address the original poster's question, purchase of the CD is a
reasonable action:
* Data transfer limits;
* Low throughput speeds;
* Dirty network connections;
* Installation on a computer that has no network connection, and
SneakerNet is not a viable option;
jonathon
* English - detected
* English
* English
<javascript:void(0);>
Re: Legal open ofifce being sold?
Posted by Dale Erwin <da...@casaerwin.org>.
On 11/26/2014 3:43 PM, Clearsight Publishing Co.,
www.cleareyesight-batesmethod.info wrote:
> Is this open office?
>
> Is this open office? http://www.ebay.com/itm/251723894087
>
> If it is your product, why should I buy on e-bay?
>
>
>
> Mary
>
That is NOT OpenOffice. It is an ad for a Microsoft Office Suite. You
should never have to buy Open Office.
Dale
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