As far as I can see, you cannot give Star Office to your students. Personally, I'd use OpenOffice anyway. StarOffice v7 is based on an earlier version of OOo, whereas OOo is now upto 1.1.4. See: http://www.sun.com/software/star/openoffice/docs/SO_Comparison_OOo.pdf Also see the release notes for 1.1.4 http://download.openoffice.org/1.1.4/release_notes_1.1.4.html StarOffice 7 Education Licensing Academic and Research institutions, including Primary and Secondary (K12) Schools, 2-and 4-year Colleges, and Universities, are eligible for a no-cost site license of StarOffice 7. This institutional license is available for the cost of media only - no other licensing fees apply. All you have to do to obtain a site license is purchase at least one media kit or download the software and click thru the license agreement on the Sun Software Download Center. The StarOffice licensing agreement (included in the media kit) gives your Educational Institution the right to make StarOffice available for internal use. This means that your enrolled students, faculty, and staff may use the software on computers that you own, operate, or maintain direct control over. The license included with your software CD and on the download version entitles your institution to install the software on all machines owned or operated by your instititution. Review a copy of the full text of the StarOffice Binary Code License or StarSuite Binary Code License. To obtain permissions for your institution to replicate StarOffice and distribute it to your constituents for their personal use, you will need to be an institutional signatory and must complete a StarOffice or StarSuite Distribution Agreement with Sun by following these steps: 1. Download and print appropriate Distribution Agreement (StarSuite for Asia-Pacific countries and StarOffice for all others) 2. Sign and send two (2) signed copies of the Agreement to Sun Microsystems, Inc., Global Education & Research in Menlo Park, California. Education Agreement Management Office Sun Microsystems, Inc. Global Education & Research Attn: Angie Bensco 15 Network Circle, MailStop UMPK15-204 Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA 3. The Education Agreement Management Office will counter sign and return a copy of the agreement to you and our Sun Sales Representative 4. You may order the StarOffice or StarSuite Education Media or download StarOffice from Sun's Software Download Center (see How to Get StarOffice 7 ordering options below) On Mon, 10 Jan 2005, David Selby wrote:
So as far as I am concerned as I am educational I can use Star office for free can I give this t my pupils so they all have a copy as long as I provide a copy of the educational licence
Dave Selby (B.Sc. Hons Dunelm) Network manager St Leonards R C Comprehensive School Tel: 0191 3755204 Fax: 0191 3755248 E-mail: IT@st-leonards.durham.sch.uk Web Site: www.st-leonards.durham.sch.uk
Any one else remember the good days when pupils where encouraged to thing outside the box!
-----Original Message----- From: Ian Lynch [mailto:ian.lynch@zmsl.com] Sent: 10 January 2005 15:46 To: Thomas Dyer Cc: suse-linux-uk-schools@suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] RE:open office Vr star office
On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 15:13, Thomas Dyer wrote:
If you don't need "support" on a corporate basis and someone to sue... then they are effectively the same.
StarOffice = OpenOffice + a 20gbp support agreement per seat.
Not quite, there are a few proprietary bits but essentially the code is identical for the apps.
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