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Re: Maybe OT but of interest to some
de Chris Lee 05/28/2006 01:36
In article <127fm8tq3ak1v3a@corp.supernews.com>, jeff.needle@cwnet.com says...
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>"Al Klein" <rukbat@pern.invalid> wrote in message
>news:sive725jsninqpm7s11to92beoqnrp4n53@4ax.com...
>> On Fri, 26 May 2006 13:57:35 -0700, "Jeff Needle"
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>>>Hmmm...Open Office is one of the CD's. Sword Bible Software is
>>>another.
>>>Both are open source. I wonder if I should alert them.
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>> I believe that OO is GPL. <gotcha!>
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>> Yes, by all means - notify the owners.
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>Gosh, I guess I don't know the difference. How is GPL different
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Basically, under the GPL people can sue you under Federal and
International copyright laws for screwing around with GPL software.