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Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:42:30 +0100
To: ooo-users@incubator.apache.org
From: Brian Barker <b.m.barker@btinternet.com>
Subject: Re: OpenOffice being sold on EBay for GBP 3.49
Cc: Michael Murray <premiereglow@yahoo.no>
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At 12:55 15/10/2012 +0100, Michael Murray wrote:
>I have recently seen a posting on the EBay=20
>shopping website, which suggested that your free=20
>Open Source "OpenOffice" application is being=20
>sold on EBay for a charge of =A33.49 - which I see=20
>as robbery and extortion for something that is=20
>available on OpenOffice.org for free.

If you look carefully, it is clear that the=20
supplier is offering to burn a CD with OpenOffice=20
and to deliver it for no extra charge.  Someone=20
with a slow network connection may well prefer to=20
use this offer - and =A33.49 does not seem at all excessive for this=
 service.

>Just thought that I should alert you of how a=20
>British "top-rated EBay business" is going to=20
>great lengths to con people into paying for a=20
>free Open Source programme, which has been made by your brand of=
 programmes.

I'm not sure what "great lengths" you have in=20
mind.  Are you?  Selling on Ebay is fairly straightforward, isn't it?

I trust people will understand that they are=20
paying for the service of creating and delivering=20
the CD, not for the free software=20
itself.  Indeed, the advertisement even says=20
"Please note that this software [...] can be=20
downloaded free from the internet".

Brian Barker


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