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 <h1 align="center">Copying OpenOffice.org by Libraries,
 Organizations or Tech. Support groups</h1>
 <p>In short, <b>you may copy OpenOffice.org for anyone.</b></p>
 <ul>
 <li>Libraries may have a reference copy for people to borrow or
 copy.</li>
 <li style="list-style: none">
 <ul>
 <li>Some libraries make a new CD for a small charge.</li></ul></li>
 <li>NGOs or corporations may keep a copy in a corporate library for
 employees to copy and use at work and at home.</li>
 <li>Tech support groups may keep a reference copy or distribute
 copies.</li></ul>
 <p>The most important thing about such casual distribution (as
 opposed to full distributorship organziations, see the Distribution
 Home page for more information) is to join the New Release Mailing
 List to be certain that you are not handing our obsolete copies</p>
 <p>Please subscribe to the "announce" mailing list from the mailing
 list page at
 <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html#general">http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html#general</a></p>
 <hr noshade="noshade" />
 <h2><i>Integrity of copies:</i></h2>
 <p>Almost as important is to be able to assure people of the
 <i>integrity</i> of the copy you are handing out.</p>
 <p>There are several ways to do this:</p>
 <ol>
 <li>Keep a master copy and only loan out copies of the master copy.
 Every time it is returned do a compare of the files one to the
 other.</li>
 <li>Collect the
 <i>signatures</i><a href="#signatures"><sup>1</sup></a> of all
 files to use to compare against the copy when it was loaned
 out.</li>
 <li>Perhaps easiest is to never use <i>loan and return.</i>
 Insteadmake a copy and hand it out every time someone wants
 one.</li></ol>
 <hr noshade="noshade" />
 <h2>Obtaining a master copy:</h2>
 <ol>
 <li>The easiest way to get a new <i>Master Copy</i> is to order a
 new master from one of out distributors and use that CD as a master
 copy. A new CD should cost, including delivery, one a few Punts,
 Euros, Rubles or dollars.</li>
 <li>You may join our official distribution channel and the use the
 ISO distribution kit. More information is available on the main
 <a href="http:/distribution.openoffice.org">distribution
 page</a>.</li></ol>
 In any case,
 <ul>
 <li>Please see the general information about&nbsp;
 <a href="burning.html">good burns of
 OpenOffice.org</a>,&nbsp;<br /></li>
 <li>Be sure that instructions for "How to Install" are included, or
 a pointer to a web install page is both obvious and included.</li>
 <li>Put appropriate labels on the CD and for jewel boxes so people
 know what the disk is, including at least:<br /></li></ul>
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 align="center">
 <tbody>
 <tr>
 <td valign="top">
 <p>OpenOffice.org Office Suite, Release <i>1.1.1</i></p>
 <p>Read the file named default.html in the top or root
 directory.</p>
 <p>See http://www.openoffice.org for more information or direct
 downloads.</p>
 <p>You may copy this CD: see http://distribution.openoffice.org for
 details.</p>
 <p><u>Always anti-virus scan all new
 software.</u></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
 <p>Replace the italicized version with the current version.</p>
 <p>Join the OpenOffice New Release Mailing List so that you will
 not be distributing old versions.</p>
 <hr noshade="noshade" />
 <h3><a name="signatures" id="signatures"></a>Signatures for
 integrity checking.</h3>
 <p>For more information about <i>sgnatures</i> please use a search
 engine such as Google and search for information about MD5 or
 SHA-1.</p>
 <p>To integrity check a CD that is from a distributor or returned
 by a user all one has to do is create signatures for all the files
 on the CD and compare them to a signature list obtained directly
 from OpenOffice.org.&nbsp; .</p>
 <p>If there are <b><u>any</u></b> changes or new files, the CD
 should not be used until they are fully explained.</p>
 <p>There are free or inexpensive utilities for signature checking
 on all major computer platforms such as Linux, Mac, Solaris, UNIX
 or Windows</p>
 <p>If you do not check signatures on CDs as they are returned from
 borrowers, we recommend that you <u>do not</u> accept back
 CDs.&nbsp; CDRs are very inexpensive compared to the many costs you
 will incur if someone loads a virus or worm on a CD that you loan
 out.</p>
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	<h1 align="center">Copying OpenOffice.org by Libraries,
	Organizations or Tech. Support groups</h1>
	<p>In short, <b>you may copy OpenOffice.org for anyone.</b></p>
	<ul>
	<li>Libraries may have a reference copy for people to borrow or
	copy.</li>
	<li style="list-style: none">
	<ul>
	<li>Some libraries make a new CD for a small charge.</li></ul></li>
	<li>NGOs or corporations may keep a copy in a corporate library for
	employees to copy and use at work and at home.</li>
	<li>Tech support groups may keep a reference copy or distribute
	copies.</li></ul>
	<p>The most important thing about such casual distribution (as
	opposed to full distributorship organziations, see the Distribution
	Home page for more information) is to join the New Release Mailing
	List to be certain that you are not handing our obsolete copies</p>
	<p>Please subscribe to the "announce" mailing list from the mailing
	list page at
	<a href="http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html#general">http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html#general</a></p>
	<hr noshade="noshade" />
	<h2><i>Integrity of copies:</i></h2>
	<p>Almost as important is to be able to assure people of the
	<i>integrity</i> of the copy you are handing out.</p>
	<p>There are several ways to do this:</p>
	<ol>
	<li>Keep a master copy and only loan out copies of the master copy.
	Every time it is returned do a compare of the files one to the
	other.</li>
	<li>Collect the
	<i>signatures</i><a href="#signatures"><sup>1</sup></a> of all
	files to use to compare against the copy when it was loaned
	out.</li>
	<li>Perhaps easiest is to never use <i>loan and return.</i>
	Insteadmake a copy and hand it out every time someone wants
	one.</li></ol>
	<hr noshade="noshade" />
	<h2>Obtaining a master copy:</h2>
	<ol>
	<li>The easiest way to get a new <i>Master Copy</i> is to order a
	new master from one of out distributors and use that CD as a master
	copy. A new CD should cost, including delivery, one a few Punts,
	Euros, Rubles or dollars.</li>
	<li>You may join our official distribution channel and the use the
	ISO distribution kit. More information is available on the main
	<a href="http:/distribution.openoffice.org">distribution
	page</a>.</li></ol>
	In any case,
	<ul>
	<li>Please see the general information about
	<a href="burning.html">good burns of
	OpenOffice.org</a>, <br /></li>
	<li>Be sure that instructions for "How to Install" are included, or
	a pointer to a web install page is both obvious and included.</li>
	<li>Put appropriate labels on the CD and for jewel boxes so people
	know what the disk is, including at least:<br /></li></ul>
	<table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5" border="1" width="90%"
	align="center">
	<tbody>
	<tr>
	<td valign="top">
	<p>OpenOffice.org Office Suite, Release <i>1.1.1</i></p>
	<p>Read the file named default.html in the top or root
	directory.</p>
	<p>See http://www.openoffice.org for more information or direct
	downloads.</p>
	<p>You may copy this CD: see http://distribution.openoffice.org for
	details.</p>
	<p><u>Always anti-virus scan all new
	software.</u></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
	<p>Replace the italicized version with the current version.</p>
	<p>Join the OpenOffice New Release Mailing List so that you will
	not be distributing old versions.</p>
	<hr noshade="noshade" />
	<h3><a name="signatures" id="signatures"></a>Signatures for
	integrity checking.</h3>
	<p>For more information about <i>sgnatures</i> please use a search
	engine such as Google and search for information about MD5 or
	SHA-1.</p>
	<p>To integrity check a CD that is from a distributor or returned
	by a user all one has to do is create signatures for all the files
	on the CD and compare them to a signature list obtained directly
	from OpenOffice.org.  .</p>
	<p>If there are <b><u>any</u></b> changes or new files, the CD
	should not be used until they are fully explained.</p>
	<p>There are free or inexpensive utilities for signature checking
	on all major computer platforms such as Linux, Mac, Solaris, UNIX
	or Windows</p>
	<p>If you do not check signatures on CDs as they are returned from
	borrowers, we recommend that you <u>do not</u> accept back
	CDs.  CDRs are very inexpensive compared to the many costs you
	will incur if someone loads a virus or worm on a CD that you loan
	out.</p>
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