Author: marcus
Date: Thu Feb 19 18:57:54 2015
New Revision: 1660978
URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1660978
Log:
Moved the disclaimer to the top, made it red and bold and changed the wording
to make it (hopefully) crystal clear.
Modified:
openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/why/why_compliance.mdtext
Modified: openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/why/why_compliance.mdtext
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/why/why_compliance.mdtext?rev=1660978&r1=1660977&r2=1660978&view=diff
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--- openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/why/why_compliance.mdtext (original)
+++ openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/why/why_compliance.mdtext Thu Feb 19
18:57:54 2015
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ Notice: Licensed to the Apache Softwa
##Software License Compliance Costs
+<p style="font-weight: bold; color: red";>
+ Disclaimer:
+ <br/><br/>
+ Please note that this page expresses the opinion of individuals.
+ It does either not reflect the opinion of the Apache Software Foundation
(ASF)
+ nor the Project Management Committee (PMC) of the Apache OpenOffice project
(AOO)
+ as a whole.
+</p>
+
The software industry watchdog, the Business Software Alliance, [offers cash
rewards][1] to disgruntled employees who confidentially turn in their
employer (or ex-employer) for software piracy.
@@ -65,10 +74,6 @@ Like other open source licenses, the Apa
permissive license, it also allows you to prepare and distribute derivative
products, without requiring you to make your own source code public. So both
BSA and SFLC/FSF risks
are eliminated, and the cost, to your business, of license compliance is
greatly reduced.
-*The Apache Software Foundation does not take a position on, recommend or
advise the use or non-use
-of any particular software license or family of licenses.*
-
-
[1]: https://reporting.bsa.org/r/report/add.aspx?src=us
[2]: http://www.softwarefreedom.org/news/2009/dec/14/busybox-gpl-lawsuit/
[3]: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
