There are individuals and companies that at one time provided CDs and DVDs for OpenOffice.org <http://openoffice.org/>. This was allowed by Sun Microsystems and Oracle Corp because that was considered a benefit to the community.
The TDF's LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice did not exist when this practice started well over 10 years ago. What we are looking for are those that switched from providing a service of CDs and DVDs and now sell links to openoffice.org/download/ with support provided here by community volunteers. They may also repackage OpenOffice with malware and other “goodies”. We want to prevent abuse of the Apache OpenOffice trademarks. IMO while the TDF has expressed interest in the OpenOffice brand in various ways there has never been a known abuse of the OpenOffice trademark. If one were reported I am confident that it would be accidental and cured quickly. Regards, Dave > On Jan 4, 2021, at 9:49 AM, JD <jd1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear All, > I want to let you know that LibreOffice folks are in some way behind > this. > I have never seen links in google search that are from individuals > who are selling libreoffice, and asking the gullible users for their > credit cards. If YOU have seen such links, then I stand informed > (and corrected). > > Regards, > > JD > > On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 10:41 AM Dave Fisher <w...@apache.org> wrote: > >> We would like to review sites that may be abusing our users. Please >> provide the URL where you were asked for a credit card number. >> >> Thanks, >> Dave >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jan 4, 2021, at 8:31 AM, Christine Neumayer >> <cc_neuma...@yahoo.ca.invalid> wrote: >>> >>> I tried downloading open office and when I went to downloads the >> program is not there. There was another place that was there to find the >> download which required credit card. The big question is why do you need >> a credit card # if there will never be any charges???? >>> Thank you for you time. >>> Christine >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> >>
