Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: A marketing lesson!

2011-12-28 Thread 1920119
On 25 December 2011 05:33, Staretz wrote: > How does this protect the integrity of a product like LibreOffice? I wasn't suggesting anyone do it, just objecting to the suggestion that there isn't "any situation or place where (in the current world) it would make sense to make a business out of sel

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: A marketing lesson!

2011-12-24 Thread Staretz
How does this protect the integrity of a product like LibreOffice? On Sat, 24 Dec 2011 17:24:53 -0500, <1920...@googlemail.com> wrote: On 22 December 2011 13:59, Pedro wrote: I agree with both. But that is selling a service (installation, training, support, adaptation) which is obviously a

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: A marketing lesson!

2011-12-24 Thread 1920119
On 22 December 2011 13:59, Pedro wrote: > > I agree with both. But that is selling a service (installation, training, > support, adaptation) which is obviously a valid activity. It is not the same > as charging for the software itself. > In the case of modifications, there is a effectively charge

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: A marketing lesson!

2011-12-22 Thread 1920119
On 21 December 2011 18:22, Harold Fuchs wrote: > > "Pedro" wrote in message > news:1324480795656-3604311.p...@n3.nabble.com... > >> >> Andrea Pescetti wrote >>> >>> >>> It does allow to sell copies, and the Free Software Foundation >>> encourages it. See >>> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: A marketing lesson!

2011-12-21 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 07:19:55AM -0800, Pedro wrote: > > Andrea Pescetti wrote > > > > It does allow to sell copies, and the Free Software Foundation > > encourages it. See > > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html > > > > Thank you for the link. Interesting reading. > > I still can't

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: A marketing lesson!

2011-12-21 Thread Andrea Pescetti
On 21/12/2011 Pedro wrote: Do you mean the (L)GPL license allows people to sell copies of LibreOffice? I thought it only allowed to charge for production/distribution costs... It does allow to sell copies, and the Free Software Foundation encourages it. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selli

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: A marketing lesson!

2011-12-21 Thread e-letter
On 21/12/2011, Pedro wrote: > > But how can you help it? If the next time they choose to offer a free copy > of LibreOffice instead of OpenOffice, is there anything TDF can do about it? > Perhaps this should be considered an unfortunate cost of allowing freedom. Assuming this organisation does no

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: A marketing lesson!

2011-12-20 Thread Rainer Bielefeld
Pedro schrieb: I had never heard of them before. Hi, may be you want to try ? CU Rainer -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more