Re: info: Additional Licensing requirements if any for use of Open Office for Professional Work in Companies

[anand.vasappanavara]

Dear Andrea, 

Greetings from Tata Motors! 

Thank you for your reply & wish you a happy & a prosperous new year 2013. 

Please do not mind me asking but can you let me know your views on Libre Office 
(documentation foundation) & Open Office org (Apache foundation)

As we are deciding to roll out Open source office tools to our employees, which 
do you feel would be more beneficial to a large business organizations.

What about the security associated with the extensions of these tools are they 
safe, can they leak our professional info like those free android apps? 

 We am trying to bring about the use of open source tools for productivity, 
creativity - traditionally possible with MS Office & Adobe in our company.

If the Open Source usage drive is successful in one Tata company, it will then 
rapidly penetrate into our other 70 odd companies in India & the world. 

Have a pleasant day ahead 
Anand Vasappanavara 
09552502340 
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On 12/29/2012 5:51 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote:


anand.vasappanavara wrote: 


Greetings from Tata Motors! We are happy to note your 
foundation's 
work in developing open office tools for the world. We have 
been 
using your tools for my academic&  personal activities from 
some time 
now. &  would like to suggest their introduction for its use 
for 
professional work in our company. 



Thanks for your appreciation! I'm removing the security list from the 
recipients, since it is a confidential channel related to security incidents 
only. 



We would hence like to know the answers to the following 
question to 
acess the feasibility 



Sure. Just remember that my statements here, as virtually all 
communication on our mailing lists, do not constitute legal advice or official 
answers. For that, you should read, e.g., the full license text at 
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html or the source code. 



1.What are the additional licensing, permissions 
requirements to be 
factored if any 



None (of course, I recommend that you read the license). 



2.Can the employees use Open Office tools freely to 
perform their commercial work 



Yes, definitely. The Apache License is permissive and 
business-friendly, and it gives maximum freedom to the user. 



3.Is there any risk of office data 
leaking via the internet while using the Open tools 



No. Services that connect to the Internet (such as the update 
notification service) do not disclose personal private data or documents data. 



 4.Are there any 
organizations where open office is ready used for professional 
work 



Yes, so many that we actually have trouble in keeping the list 
up-to-date... Anyway you can find an outdated list at 
http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Major_OpenOffice.org_Deployments 



5.Are there any annual maintenance or up-gradation services 
which 
can be offered 



Sure, but not from this project directly. We do maintain a list of 
consultants at http://www.openoffice.org/bizdev/consultants.html but for 
corporate-grade support you might also be contacted by companies that employ 
full-time OpenOffice developers. Employees from these companies already read 
our mailing lists. 

You can also support the project by sponsoring development, or 
contributing developers or translators or other resources for QA or 
marketing... Feel free to write again (the "dev" list is enough) if you would 
like to know more about this. 

Regards, 
  Andrea. 




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Re: info: Additional Licensing requirements if any for use of Open Office for Professional Work in Companies

[Dan Lewis]

On 12/31/2012 05:04 AM, anand.vasappanav...@tatamotors.com wrote:

Dear Andrea,

Greetings from Tata Motors!

Thank you for your reply & wish you a happy & a prosperous new year 2013.

Please do not mind me asking but can you let me know your views on Libre Office 
(documentation foundation) & Open Office org (Apache foundation)

As we are deciding to roll out Open source office tools to our employees, which 
do you feel would be more beneficial to a large business organizations.

What about the security associated with the extensions of these tools are they 
safe, can they leak our professional info like those free android apps?

  We am trying to bring about the use of open source tools for productivity, 
creativity - traditionally possible with MS Office & Adobe in our company.

If the Open Source usage drive is successful in one Tata company, it will then 
rapidly penetrate into our other 70 odd companies in India & the world.

Have a pleasant day ahead
Anand Vasappanavara
09552502340
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On 12/29/2012 5:51 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote:


anand.vasappanavara wrote:


Greetings from Tata Motors! We are happy to note your 
foundation's
work in developing open office tools for the world. We have been
using your tools for my academic&  personal activities from 
some time
now. &  would like to suggest their introduction for its use for
professional work in our company.



Thanks for your appreciation! I'm removing the security list from the 
recipients, since it is a confidential channel related to security incidents 
only.



We would hence like to know the answers to the following 
question to
acess the feasibility



Sure. Just remember that my statements here, as virtually all 
communication on our mailing lists, do not constitute legal advice or official 
answers. For that, you should read, e.g., the full license text at 
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html or the source code.



1.What are the additional licensing, permissions 
requirements to be
factored if any



None (of course, I recommend that you read the license).



2.Can the employees use Open Office tools freely to
perform their commercial work



Yes, definitely. The Apache License is permissive and 
business-friendly, and it gives maximum freedom to the user.



3.Is there any risk of office data
leaking via the internet while using the Open tools



No. Services that connect to the Internet (such as the update 
notification service) do not disclose personal private data or documents data.



 4.Are there any
organizations where open office is ready used for professional 
work



Yes, so many that we actually have trouble in keeping the list 
up-to-date... Anyway you can find an outdated list at
http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Major_OpenOffice.org_Deployments



5.Are there any annual maintenance or up-gradation services 
which
can be offered



Sure, but not from this project directly. We do maintain a list of 
consultants at http://www.openoffice.org/bizdev/consultants.html but for 
corporate-grade support you might also be contacted by companies that employ 
full-time OpenOffice developers. Employees from these companies already read 
our mailing lists.

You can also support the project by sponsoring development, or contributing 
developers or translators or other resources for QA or marketing... Feel free to write 
again (the "dev" list is enough) if you would like to know more about this.

Regards,
  Andrea.




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Re: info: Additional Licensing requirements if any for use of Open Office for Professional Work in Companies

[Kadal Amutham]

Generally , all open source software are developed by communities and
volunteers and they do not have any hidden agenda. Monetary gains are not
the driving force. People love the job, enjoy the culture, work environment
and produce some thing useful to the society.  In the other
hand, licensed software  may have a lot of other commercial interests which
may force to do some unethical practices. Many companies who
promote licensed software, try to "look" into your company for any pirated
version of their software. In open source software there is no one is going
to "look".

For the last two years or so, I am using various open source software like
Ubuntu, Open Office, Gimp, Kicad, and lot more. I prepare electronic
schematics, PCB layouts, some graphic designs, image editing, web design
all using open source software. The quality of the  software are second to
none. My OS is very fast, free of virus and worms and above all stable.

An organization like your can save millions of rupees and the money saved
can put to use for many good cause in India.

Welcome to open soruce

With Warm Regards

V.Kadal Amutham
919444360480


On 31 December 2012 19:26, Dan Lewis  wrote:

> On 12/31/2012 05:04 AM, 
> anand.vasappanavara@**tatamotors.comwrote:
>
>> Dear Andrea,
>>
>> Greetings from Tata Motors!
>>
>> Thank you for your reply & wish you a happy & a prosperous new year 2013.
>>
>> Please do not mind me asking but can you let me know your views on Libre
>> Office (documentation foundation) & Open Office org (Apache foundation)
>>
>> As we are deciding to roll out Open source office tools to our employees,
>> which do you feel would be more beneficial to a large business
>> organizations.
>>
>> What about the security associated with the extensions of these tools are
>> they safe, can they leak our professional info like those free android apps?
>>
>>   We am trying to bring about the use of open source tools for
>> productivity, creativity - traditionally possible with MS Office & Adobe in
>> our company.
>>
>> If the Open Source usage drive is successful in one Tata company, it will
>> then rapidly penetrate into our other 70 odd companies in India & the world.
>>
>> Have a pleasant day ahead
>> Anand Vasappanavara
>> 09552502340
>> Note: This Mail was sent with the help of Mozilla Thunderbird <
>> http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/**thunderbird/>
>> , an Open Source Email Client.
>> On 12/29/2012 5:51 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote:
>>
>>
>> anand.vasappanavara wrote:
>>
>>
>> Greetings from Tata Motors! We are happy to note your
>> foundation's
>> work in developing open office tools for the world. We
>> have been
>> using your tools for my academic&  personal activities
>> from some time
>> now. &  would like to suggest their introduction for its
>> use for
>> professional work in our company.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks for your appreciation! I'm removing the security list from
>> the recipients, since it is a confidential channel related to security
>> incidents only.
>>
>>
>>
>> We would hence like to know the answers to the following
>> question to
>> acess the feasibility
>>
>>
>>
>> Sure. Just remember that my statements here, as virtually all
>> communication on our mailing lists, do not constitute legal advice or
>> official answers. For that, you should read, e.g., the full license text at
>> http://www.apache.org/**licenses/LICENSE-2.0.htmlor
>>  the source code.
>>
>>
>>
>> 1.What are the additional licensing, permissions
>> requirements to be
>> factored if any
>>
>>
>>
>> None (of course, I recommend that you read the license).
>>
>>
>>
>> 2.Can the employees use Open Office tools freely to
>> perform their commercial work
>>
>>
>>
>> Yes, definitely. The Apache License is permissive and
>> business-friendly, and it gives maximum freedom to the user.
>>
>>
>>
>> 3.Is there any risk of office data
>> leaking via the internet while using the Open tools
>>
>>
>>
>> No. Services that connect to the Internet (such as the update
>> notification service) do not disclose personal private data or documents
>> data.
>>
>>
>>
>>  4.Are there any
>> organizations where open office is ready used for
>> professional work
>>
>>
>>
>> Yes, so many that we actually have trouble in keeping the list
>> up-to-date... Anyway you can find an outdated list at
>> http://wiki.openoffice.org/**wiki/Major_OpenOffice.org_**
>> Deployments
>>
>>
>>
>> 5.Are there any annual maintenance or up-gradation
>> services which
>> can be offered
>>
>>

Re: info: Additional Licensing requirements if any for use of Open Office for Professional Work in Companies

[Andrea Pescetti]

anand.vasappanavara wrote:

Thank you for your reply & wish you a happy & a prosperous new year 2013.
Please do not mind me asking but can you let me know your views on Libre
Office (documentation foundation) & Open Office org (Apache foundation)


This is a legitimate and natural question, but, due to the large number 
of subscribers to our mailing lists (some of whom have strong feelings 
on the matter) and due to the OpenOffice project policy (all 
project-relevant discussions are held in public, so everybody can have a 
say), it can derail a good discussion like this one into a chaos of 
factoids and personal preferences.


So, considering that we are on an OpenOffice mailing list, I'll just 
state things that you probably already know, i.e., that OpenOffice 
decided to have relatively infrequent (i.e., one in 3-6 months or so) 
releases, focusing on careful testing and quality (for example, the 
OpenOffice source code contains translations in 100+ languages but the 
project decided to release only those languages that are fully 
translated; and new translation volunteers are showing up on a nearly 
daily basis). I've already described the license in my previous message. 
And a good thing of free and open source software is that you can always 
try and make your own opinion!



If the Open Source usage drive is successful in one Tata company, it
will then rapidly penetrate into our other 70 odd companies in India &
the world.


I really wish you the best. It would be nice if you kept us informed if 
you decide to try OpenOffice. And, if you need any help or want to 
suggest possible improvements, you are welcome to contact the "dev" 
mailing list (the right one for generic questions; no need to add other 
mailing lists) again.


Regards,
  Andrea.

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