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The OpenOffice.org "Get Legal" campaign
Various proprietary software vendors and the Business Software Alliance are
stepping up their campaigns to get employees to turn in companies using
unlicensed software. Sensing an opportunity, the OpenOffice.org marketing
crew is putting together a "Get legal" campaign of its own. The result
is the button on the right, which people are encouraged to add to their web
pages, and a "Get legal"
page to back it up.
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The OpenOffice.org "Get Legal" campaign Posted May 1, 2006 15:39 UTC (Mon) by rvfh (subscriber, #31018) [Link] On my page now: http://lucidia.net This said, I would rather use Koffice! Lighter, integrating better with GNU/Linux, and using the same formats. Please get me a Get Legal icon for Koffice too!
The OpenOffice.org "Get Legal" campaign Posted May 1, 2006 16:32 UTC (Mon) by jpmcc (guest, #2452) [Link] A little premature ... this is work in progress within the OpenOffice.org Marketing Project and isn't quite ready for the light of day.
But readers of LWN will of course be among the first to know!
John McCreesh
Patents? Posted May 1, 2006 16:39 UTC (Mon) by thomask (guest, #17985) [Link] What if it infringes patents? Hardly legal then, is it?
Patents? Posted May 1, 2006 16:48 UTC (Mon) by pmatiello (guest, #35242) [Link] depends where you are :)
Patents? Posted May 1, 2006 16:52 UTC (Mon) by thoffman (subscriber, #3063) [Link] What if Microsoft Office infringes patents?
Patents? Posted May 1, 2006 16:53 UTC (Mon) by szoth (guest, #14825) [Link] They hang the man and flog the womanWho steals the goose from off the common But let the greater villian loose Who steals the common from the goose
Patents? Posted May 1, 2006 16:57 UTC (Mon) by filker0 (guest, #31278) [Link] The legality of a software installation and the eventual determination of whether the software itself infringes on some patent or another are separate things. You can't be found guilty of having an illegal copy of a proprietary software package if you don't have it on your system. The BSA doesn't go after organizations or people using software obtained legally that happens to violate a patent of one of its member companies.
Patents? Posted May 4, 2006 6:48 UTC (Thu) by danielpf (subscriber, #4723) [Link] >You can't be found guilty of having an illegal copy of a proprietary>software package if you don't have it on your system.
Remember SCO trying to extort money from older customers?
Patents? Posted May 4, 2006 21:43 UTC (Thu) by filker0 (guest, #31278) [Link] Yes, I do, but that's a different thing -- Illegal copy vs. patent infringement. The cost of a SBA audit and the punative damages that might result are quite separate from a patent infraction, and are criminal rather than civil.
Patents? Posted May 1, 2006 16:58 UTC (Mon) by TwoTimeGrime (guest, #11688) [Link] > What if it infringes patents? Hardly legal then, is it?
Yes, I know exactly what you mean. I also remember that story about where Microsoft Office was caught infringing someone elses patent. Here's the link: http://news.com.com/Patent+spat+forces+businesses+to+upgr...
That's yet another reason to "Get Legal" and use OpenOffice.
The Business Software Alliance is priceless Posted May 1, 2006 17:14 UTC (Mon) by szoth (guest, #14825) [Link] A couple of impressions ago, this story had two google adds. The first pointed to the BSA's snitch tool:
The other was an advertisement for a law firm that specializes in defending against BSA accusations.
What the BSA really needs in this campaign is a Pavlik Morozov:
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