Re: [tdf-discuss] LO vs AOO : GPL/LGPL vs ASL licences

On 12/31/2012 02:40 PM, Immanuel Giulea wrote:
> In the marketing materials that I am writing covering LO vs AOO, I was
> wondering if it would be relevant to go into an explanation about why the
> GPL/LGPL licence used by LO was superior to the ASL as a "true open source".

An average user does not care and will likely only be confused by any 
claim that LO is better than AOO based on LO using a more restrictive 
license or some sort of moral high ground that people should only use 
software using this license.  I expect that the more a person cares 
about the distinction, the more likely they will not need marketing 
material to explain it to them.

> I found this great document that explains the three "most common" licences:
> ASL, GPL and LGPL (MPL is not included) (1, 2)
>
> Any thoughts on how relevant it would be to extract some of the information
> and apply it on the materials?

Almost none. If you do desire to add something, I would probably say 
something like this (but with cleaned up wording and more thought). 
"Project contributors will note <blah blah blah>". Or have a section 
that calls out advantages specifically for people that changes stuff and 
contribute it back. The license is a choice, and some will prefer it and 
some will not.



> Cheers and Happy New Year
>
> Immanuel
>
> (1)
> http://www.openlogic.com/Portals/172122/docs/understanding-the-three-most-common-open-source-licenses.pdf
> (2) http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/10518967

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