Re: [libreoffice-website] Re: LibreOffice-Extensions-Template-Website

On 7/4/11 8:46 AM, Andrea Pescetti wrote:

> No, I think "Freeware" (besides the typo in the corresponding link) must
> be removed, since it goes against the stated policy (or to the closest
> thing we have, i.e., RMS's statement on the website).

IANAL, but "freeware" is not a license, while we should only list 
extensions with a free software license. People using a proprietary 
license are - of course - free to use such a license, but we cannot 
neither suggest nor promote their extensions on TDF web sites.

Personally, I don't see a reason to list proprietary extensions. 
Software vendors developing proprietary extensions can promote them 
through their web sites. We could, as a service to LibreOffice users, 
link only proprietary extensions providing features not available with 
free software extensions (although I'm not sure that this is a good idea).

Personally, again, I would state that we have a preference for copyleft 
licenses vs permissive licenses - although the latter are free software 
licenses - because I would like to avoid seeing the IBMs of the world 
taking the code to develop a proprietary version without giving back to 
the community.

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