Thanks Paolo, will do. Best,
Alex Le 8 sept. 2022 à 13:36, à 13:36, Paolo Vecchi <paolo.vec...@documentfoundation.org> a écrit: >Hi Alex, > >we have been looking at the issue in general both in terms of use of >"LibreOffice" and the promotion of LibreOffice based apps without links > >to the relevant licence and source code. > >We have already issued take down notices in the past so we will keep >the >situation monitored and act accordingly. > >Please feel free to forward to me links to other examples so that we >can >complete our list of action items. > >Ciao > >Paolo > > >On 08/09/2022 10:42, Alexander Thurgood wrote: >> Hmm, trawling the App Store shows that there are other similar >looking >> products that also do not reference the underlying FOSS source, code, > >> or licences. >> >> For example (with search string "libre office" : >> >> >> Ace Office:for word processing (Cynoble Technology Limited) - in app >> purchases >> >> GO Office 2021 (Xiaoqin Chen / HNBSoft Team) - 9,99 € >> >> DOC Mate:for MS Office (Cynoble Technology Limited) >> >> >> Alex >> >> >> >> >> Le 08/09/2022 à 10:15, Alexander Thurgood a écrit : >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> I just wanted to draw the Board's attention to the existence of the >>> products >>> >>> "Documents Pro - Write & Edit" >>> >>> and >>> >>> "Office PDF Suite - for Word, Spreadsheet, Slides & Adobe PDF Docs >>> Editor" >>> >>> >>> These products are being sold respectively for 14,99 € and 39,99 € >on >>> the AppStore, which in and of itself is not a surprise. >>> >>> More surprising to me is that the products look like LibreOffice >from >>> the screenshots that are available (or maybe OpenOffice.org, I >>> haven't done a detailed comparison as I don't have OOo anymore). >>> >>> Again, this wouldn't be a great surprise per se. >>> >>> However, nowhere do I see any recognition in the AppStore blurb >about >>> the product being derived from, or produced with, LibreOffice (or >>> OpenOffice.org) code, nor any mention of a licence, opensource or >>> otherwise. >>> >>> There is a copyright mention, but it glibly states "(C) Word >>> Documents Processor" >>> >>> The only reason I found the product in the first place is because I >>> put the keyword "ODF" in the AppStore search filter and this was one > >>> of the results. >>> >>> Does anyone have any further information about who is behind these >>> products, and if so, why they are failing to recognize the >>> contribution of the FOSS community behind it, the licence(s) under >>> which it is distributed, and seemingly, a link pointing to the >>> availability of the source code ? >>> >>> Is the Board going to do anything about it, and if so, what ? >>> >>> >>> Alex >>> >>> >>> >> > >-- >Paolo Vecchi - Member of the Board of Directors >The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE >Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts >Legal details: https://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint
