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Re: [trinity-users] openoffice 3.41 vs Libreoffice 3.6.3

From: Steven D'Aprano <steve@...>
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 12:42:27 +1100
On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 08:35:42PM -0500, Calvin Morrison wrote:
> There is a reason they used the Apache license and not GPL and there
> is a reason those companies contribute to OpenOffice

I dare say there is a reason. If they had chosen GPL, they would have 
had a reason. Whatever licence they chose, they would have had a 
reason. Does the mere existence of "a reason" make it a "bad licence"? 
If so, all licences are bad.


-- 
Steven