On Tue, 9 Jun 2009 18:19:52 Agustin Gonzalez-Quel wrote: > Hello, > > I am reading the page where Telef�nica offers this service and they are > clearly breaking trademarks rules. For example, in the contract that they > propose to customers, these are not allowed to copy the software (is it a > property of Telefonica to prohibit software redistribution?). Also, in the > contract Telefonica does not allow to create derivate works from the > program, etc. > > My personal feeling is that a cease and desist letter is appropiate.
Your original post was forwarded to the Trademark list. Louis Suarez-Potts is currently investigating, which implies that he'll be having a word with Sun's legal department. I should expect an appropriate response to this very shortly. > > Regards > > Agustin > > > > 2009/6/8 Alexandro Colorado <[email protected]> > > > Hi as I comment a few months back, Telefonica, one of the biggest cell > > carriers are selling OpenOffice.org for 3 Euro a month. In return they > > get OOo with support, however after this post > > http://bandaancha.eu/articulo/6611/telefonica-restringe-version-openoffic > >e > > > > Is clear that Telefonica is not just modifying OOo but also breaking > > trademark rules. They took off .org from many of the dialogues. They > > also modify the installer and ask for a service key and they don't > > offer the source code and explicitly prohibits redistribution witch is > > a big negative for GPL OR LGPL. > > > > It seems the code is not delegated to components but is part of the > > actual build and can't be separated. I for then solicit a motion to > > investigate this deeper and determine if Telefonica is indeed breaking > > the license and send cease and dissist letter. > > > > > > http://www.telefonica.es/on/io/es/atencion/consultas_y_dudas/contratos/so > >luciones/openoffice/c_g_openoffice.pdf > > > > -- > > Alexandro Colorado > > OpenOffice.org Español > > IM: [email protected] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] -- Alex Fisher Co-Lead, CD-ROM Project OpenOffice.org Marketing Community Contact Australia/New Zealand http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
