Re: [tdf-discuss] Open source and open formats

Hello Pedro,

I understand your question in a different way. No one can prohibit a gpl software to be sold andno 
one can prohibit it to its downstream distributor. But it looks like this software is licensed 
under a CC licence, non commercial, BY and SA, which does make its open source nature problematic 
and not GPL. 

As for ODF the Oasis is in charge of developing it but the promotion campaigns are supposed to be 
shared by various groups and various implementors. TDF is however not responsible for OX'own 
wording.


Tony Pursell <ajp@princeswalk.fsnet.co.uk> a écrit :

> Hi Pedro
>
> On 23 March 2013 09:48, Pedro <pedlino@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi all
> >
> > In the sequence of this topic at the Marketing list
> http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Open-Xchange-to-launch-open-source-browser-based-office-suite-tp4045197.html
> > I share Simon Phipps' concern that the company announces a GPL Open
> Source
> > office suite which is not free for commercial use???
> >
> > Is this even possible under GPL?
> > This just spreads further confusion on how free Open Source software
> really
> > is...
> >
> > Another sentence that worries me is "Microsoft Word .docx files and
> > OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice .odt files"
> >
> > This is bad marketing and bad public image that ODT seems to be
> proprietary
> > of OpenOffice and LibreOffice. And yet I don't see any concerns about
> this
> > in the topic commenting the news article.
> >
> > Shouldn't TDF be championing the ODF open formats or is this an OASIS
> job?
> >
>
> Nothing in the GPL licence, or, as far as I know, any other Open Source
> licence, prevents someone from charging for the supply of an Open
> Source
> product.  Many Open Source products are, of course, available free of
> charge, but there can be many circumstances where a charge needs to be
> made
> for the delivery of a product to the customer, or for supporting the
> customer's use of a product and these would seem to be what
> Open-Xchange
> are charging for.
>
> Tony
>
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