>Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: >> >>>http://ro-ooo.blogspot.com/2005/02/plagiarism-english.html >> >> The history of Brendan's image thoroughly discredits the implicit >> claim you seemingly are making of plagiarism. That is, Brendan >> began with an image that bore little resemblance to Adobe and it >> only came to bear a passing resemblance to Adobe's logo when he was >> asked to include the Sun name. > >the history, has no relevance, in the end we have one final image >image, this will be exposed to the public and this is what they will >judge. to you think the milions of people downloading the software >will know or care about that history?
The images have some superficial resemblance. They have lines and curves. However, Brendan's is not about a man casting a net but about the stylized gulls and waves. > >> OpenOffice.org stands by its choice. I should think you would want >> to > >this is fine, people should assume their acts > >> support your project, not attack it. > >i'm sure pointing to a mistake is not attacking the project To be sure it is not attacking the project to point out mistakes; that helps us, and we appreciate any one who does so in good faith, with the aim of helping the project. In this instance, there was no mistake: not in the people's choice, not in our actions. We stood by the image chosen by the many who voted and we are happy with the choice. Regards, Louis --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
