Comment Re:Open Office Outlawed (Score 5, Informative) 808
I am the community manager for OpenOffice.org and replied to BSA, asking them to correct their obvious error. Here's their response, which came within an hour of my message.
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I apologize for the obvious mistake I made.
Apparently our system detects the OpenOffice files as MS Office programs and alarms me, which in turn sends the notices. I failed my part by not reassuring clearly enough which property was infringed and now that I am aware of that fact we will try and fix the search terms of our system and of course be more aware of the possible mistake.
Thank you very much for your e-mail.
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I apologize for the obvious mistake I made.
Apparently our system detects the OpenOffice files as MS Office programs and alarms me, which in turn sends the notices. I failed my part by not reassuring clearly enough which property was infringed and now that I am aware of that fact we will try and fix the search terms of our system and of course be more aware of the possible mistake.
Thank you very much for your e-mail.
