On 01/28/2011 12:22 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:55 PM, Rahul Sundaram <metherid@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I am well aware of all that but nothing you are saying contradicts what >> I said. Openoffice is not under the GPL license. > OpenOffice.org is LGPL. > > It was an error on my part, I often use "GPL" as a generic term to > mean "GPL or LPGL" meaning "Free Software under GNU licenses". > > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html > > I´m not writing a white paper or encyclopedic text. When it comes to licensing or anything legal for that matter, it helps to be precise. If you don't care about that, fine but I don't want to add to the confusion that already exists LGPL and GPL despite related to each other but one cannot equate the two Even GPLv2 and GPLv3 has a big difference in dealing with patents for instance. Rahul -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
