Sale of OpenOffice in MS Windows Store?

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Awpii
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Sale of OpenOffice in MS Windows Store?

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So I made an account on this forum just for this,

I've been using OpenOffice on and off for a while and I wondered while installing a new version of windows today if there was any version on the store, to my surprise there was actually 3, all being sold at different prices (see attached).

I know that OpenOffice holds an LGPL v2 license, is it legal for these third parties to be selling this very same software as they please?
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Re: Sale of OpenOffice in MS Windows Store?

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Apache OpenOffice is licensed under the Apache Software License 2.0.
I am not a lawyer.
Part 3 of the license here mentions selling the software (the WORK)

This random person says selling Apache licensed code is permitted.
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Awpii
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Re: Sale of OpenOffice in MS Windows Store?

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I see, thanks! I was worried they were scamming people!
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