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[–] NateNate60@lemmy.ml 79 points 1 year ago (7 children)

This is like the people who repackage and rebrand LibreOffice and then resell it for $10 on the Windows Store to gullible users.

And the worst part about that is that it doesn't even break the law.

[–] nora@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Those repackages of libreoffice packages are actually official.

https://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-from-microsoft-and-mac-app-stores/

These versions are free software (as in open source) but there's a small charge to cover the effort of putting software in the app stores, and to help develop the software (and build our communities).

[–] NateNate60@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

They are not. I do not refer to the package called "LibreOffice". If you search for "office" on the Windows Store, you'll see a bunch of LibreOffice clones that are not branded as such and are not free of charge or contain advertisements.

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