daveza
Honorary Master
http://www.ioltechnology.co.za/article_page.php?iArticleId=5397107
Since when do you pay for OpenOffice ?
Since when do you pay for OpenOffice ?
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HavocXphere
Honorary Master
You'd be paying for the translation in this case not the office suite itself. Mighty sketchy business model.
daveza
Honorary Master
http://translate.org.za/content/view/17/54/lang,en-za/
They charge the same for the English version.
They charge the same for the English version.
HavocXphere
Honorary Master
Thats probably an OO license violation.
I see they are listed on the OO page though as CD distributors, so I guess OO already knows about it.
http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/
Page also says "Please note: Distributors charge a small fee to cover their costs and postage. " 380+ seems excessive though.
Avenue
Expert Member
no, you are allowed to sell products that are licensed under the gnu public licensing- this is completely legal.
But by the same token you are now allowed to take those translated cd's and distribute them to anyone and everyone- so if they get money from it good for them, hope they recover some of their costs... but if you really want it and dont want to pay, look for a free version somewhere on line
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Moederloos
Honorary Master
On the plus side, this represents a commitment to African Languages and OSS. Pity the gauvamint still uses M$ despite them announcing sometime back they were going OSS.
M$ probably gave Mbeki a pie and a Coke to continue using their products.
M$ probably gave Mbeki a pie and a Coke to continue using their products.