Re: Downloading extra copies

On 21/12/11 22:04, Tim Deaton wrote:
> *OpenOffice* (www.openoffice.org) and it's more-updated descendant
> *LibreOffice* (www.libreoffice.org) are both free software no matter how
> many copies you use.
>
> A little history might be in order: Sun Microsystems, which created
> *OpenOffice*, was bought by Oracle 2 years ago. Oracle had little use
> for *OpenOffice*, so most of those involved in its development created a
> new group (The Document Foundation) and used the then-current
> *OpenOffice* code as the starting point for *LibreOffice*. Since then,
> *LibreOffice* has continued to develop while *OpenOffice* has been in
> limbo. Oracle eventually gave the *OpenOffice* code and trademark to the
> Apache Foundation, which will probably resume development on
> *OpenOffice* in the near future. But as things stand now, *LibreOffice*
> is the more up-to-date product.

A little more history: Star Division in Germany - Hamburg I believe - 
created Star Office; the company was subsequently bought by Sun who then 
made the code open source, leading to Open Office.

Peter HB

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