Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 14:26:44 -0700 From: "Freddie Cash" <fcash@sd73.bc.ca> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OSS, Sun, GPL, random ramblings Message-ID: <39A28DA4.717.10CB710@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20000822140319.A27342@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> References: <39A28228.15037.DFD817@localhost>; from fcash@sd73.bc.ca on Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 01:37:44PM -0700
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> > > 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.
Yeah, that's right. Forgot about the personal/commercial thing, since
I've yet to become a commercial entity. :-)
Freddie Cash
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