Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 02:19:38 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> Cc: Kris Kirby <kris@catonic.net>, Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, Chip Wiegand <chip@wiegand.org>, FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Just an observation - MUA's seen in the lists Message-ID: <15065.19338.850049.104004@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <p05100124b6fef48ed0ba@[194.78.241.123]> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104140628540.16456-100000@spaz.huntsvilleal.com> <p05100122b6fdf4108ace@[194.78.241.123]> <15064.49780.575271.567653@guru.mired.org> <p05100124b6fef48ed0ba@[194.78.241.123]>
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Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> types: > At 4:34 PM -0500 4/14/01, Mike Meyer wrote: > > > According to the FAQ on StarOffice became OpenOffice. "All of the > > StarOFfice source code is available ... ". While complaining that > > you'd rather have a product than source that someone might port, would > > you also complain if Sun did the port and then charged for it while > > giving away the Linux version for free? After all, there's not a lot > > of incentive to port a product with an expected gross sales of $0. > > From <http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/main_faq_new_p2.html#1>: > > | 1. What is OpenOffice.org? > | > | OpenOffice.org is the open source project through which Sun Microsystems > | has released the technology for the popular StarOffice[tm] Productivity > | Suite. All of the StarOffice source code is available under the GNU Lesser ^^^^^^^^^^^ > | General Public License (LGPL) as well as the Sun Industry Standards Source > | License (SISSL). Sun will participate as a member of the OpenOffice.org > | community going forward. OpenOffice.org is being hosted by CollabNet. > > I see the word "technology" here, not the term "source code". In that case, you're not reading carefully enough. I just highlighted the phrase "source code" for you. It's in the sentence I quoted above. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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