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Sun Offers To Relax OpenOffice.org License

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the muting-the-critcism dept.

An anonymous reader writes "This article at The Register says Sun has offered to relax licensing terms for contributers' code. "The moves should go some way towards muting criticism from the OpenOffice.org community that Sun was treating members as free labour and nothing else, and taking them at face value...""

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  1. Save some trouble by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just make this your new homepage: The Register Slashdot: News for Nerds found on the Register.

    1. Re:Save some trouble by ceejayoz · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yeah, but The Register doesn't have comment boards for the rabid hordes of zealots to make themselves heard.

    2. Re: Save some trouble by Black+Parrot · · Score: 2, Funny


      > Just make this your new homepage: The Register [theregister.co.uk]

      Yeah, but Slashdot is still handy for when you get behind on your reading and miss the story when it comes out on The Register.

      And on Slashdot you get two chances to catch it.

      --
      Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
  2. Re:Evolution of a software license by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    1) company looks at the GPL
    2) company thinks it should create a different license
    3) company receives criticism
    4) company updates license
    5) (repeat steps 3-4)
    6) finally, company license is like the GPL but with a different name.
    might as well get this over with...

    7) ????
    8) Profit!