But the underlying Shakespeare sonnet remains in the public domain. If a publisher, say Penguin, publishes a poem, say a Shakespeare sonnet, in an anthology, they can claim a copyright on the anthology itself, the selection and arrangement of the poems, and no one can copy the anthology without their permission. But the portion of it that was not their work is still under the original license.Īn analogy. What can happen is that someone takes a creative work, adds their own creative contributions, and then applies a different license to the entire composite work. No 3rd party can subtract from that permission. So the permission comes from the creator of the work.
Remember, a license is the permission given from the author of a creative work to those who use that creative work. Let's try to make as many people as possible aware of OpenOffice!Ĭomments No, that is not an accurate statement. Use any (or all) of those links to share the word about OpenOffice to your friends and family. To help, go to our download page and the "Help Spread the Word" section. The more people who know about OpenOffice, the fewer people who will be fooled.
The people who will be tricked into paying are those who do not read our blog, those who are not already familiar with OpenOffice.īut with your help we can reach those in need of a free office suite, and make them aware of Apache OpenOffice and let them know that they can download it for free. Of course, the fact that you are reading this blog is evidence that you are familiar with OpenOffice and know that it is free.
But after entering your credit card, or authorizing payment via SMS, you are merely redirected to the website, where you can download the same Apache OpenOffice software that everyone else downloads for free! These websites promise the user immediate access to "open source office software with support for the lowest price", claim that "supplies are limited" and that prices are "50% off, if you order within the next 2 minutes".
So it is sad when we receive emails from users, reporting that they have paid real money, as much as € 30 ($40 US), to websites in return for a link to our website. And if you know how to program software, you can take the source code for OpenOffice and modify it and share it with others as well. You may use it on home machines, in the office, with your small business, school, church, gardening club, etc. The license allows you to use it yourself and share copies with friends and families or even total strangers. Apache OpenOffice is and always will be free to download from our website.
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