Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 14:03:19 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Freddie Cash <fcash@sd73.bc.ca> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OSS, Sun, GPL, random ramblings Message-ID: <20000822140319.A27342@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <39A28228.15037.DFD817@localhost>; from fcash@sd73.bc.ca on Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 01:37:44PM -0700 References: <20000821103333.K4854@fw.wintelcom.net> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008221329300.4559-100000@orthanc.dsl.gtei.net> <39A28228.15037.DFD817@localhost>
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On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 01:37:44PM -0700, Freddie Cash wrote: > > Sun keeps getting credit for Star Office. > > > Just to set my memory straight, wasn't Star Office a standalone GPL > > project, even before Sun came along? > > Not sure about the GPL part, but it was free (as in beer) before SUN > got ahold of it. Version 5 was the first free ver I believe (that's > when I first heard of it) but previous version were payware. Star Office 5 was free for personal use. It was not free for commercial use. Then Sun bought Star Division and made it free (as in beer) for everyone. -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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