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

I think the most important distinction to an end user, aside from 
knowing that both allow them to *use* the software in any way they see 
fit - personal, commercial, etc, is that the LO project is able to 
benefit from AOO code, but AOO is not allowed to benefit from the LO code.


On 2013-01-01 1:17 PM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak <andrew@pitonyak.org> wrote:
> 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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