On 2020/07/09 16:54, Italo Vignoli wrote: > On 7/9/20 6:35 PM, Aravind Palla wrote: > >> - that there will be no change of license; > > Based on what you assume there can be a change of license, the marketing > plan says exactly the opposite, i.e. we do stay loyal to the copyleft > license, which is one of the pillars of the project.
It really doesn't matter what the license says. People that have years of experience in software support will see "personal edition", and "intended for individual usage", and jump to the conclusion that what is meant, is identical to what Microsoft meant. _Microsoft Office 2000 Personal Edition_, _Microsoft Office 2003 Basic_, _Microsoft Office 2007 Basic_, _Microsoft Office 2003 Personal_, _Microsoft Office 2010 Personal_, and _Microsoft Office 2010 Starter were for non-commercial use only. "Non-Commercial" had a very narrow definition. _Microsoft Office XP Student and Teacher_, _Microsoft Office 2003 Student and Teacher_, Microsoft Office 2007 Home and Student_, _Microsoft Office 2010 Home and Student_, _Microsoft Office 2013 Home and Student_, and _Microsoft Office 2016 Home and Student_ editions are for academic, or home use only. Other non-commercial usage is implicitly prohibited. I know what the MPL 2.0 license allows, and you know what that license allows, but is the risk-adverse PHB going to look at the license, or is s/he going to be like Roman's "stupid policeman" (Bug 108865 C25) and claim that software can not be gratis? Or go one step further and claim the MPL 2.0 has no legal merit, or standing? (Once upon a time, the US based _Software Business Alliance_ did claim that all FLOSS licenses were ipso facto illegal.) >> - that there will be no 'exclusive' features for the proposed enterprise >> edition other than dedicated support like priority bug-fixing, help, etc.; > > Same as above. That is ignoring that existing editions of LibreOffice, rebranded for the SOHO & SMB market, that have features that are not in the version distributed from https:///www.libreoffice.org. More pointedly, how will either TDF, or the LibreOffice community prevent those organisations from continuing to offer their rebranded edition of LibreOffice, with their exclusive features? > Sorry, but speculating on topics which are not even mentioned by the > marketing plan does not help at all. Using the word personal, as in > personal computer, does not imply anything of the above. Microsoft has redefined "personal", and any marketing plan that fails to take that into account, is ignoring reality. "Personal" has a number of implications , which, based upon responses by TDF board members, were completely, utterly, and absolutely lost on the board. > also to avoid the potential issues of the word "community", Unfortunately, the AGPL license pretty much required that "community" be redefined to be "cripple ware that you can use, if you know how to write the software that is needed, to utilise the program as described and envisioned by the developers, _if_ you are also willing to run afoul of their legal department." jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
