On 24 Feb 2005 at 11:06, Nicu Buculei wrote:
> Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: > > We are pleased to announce that Brendan Wheelan was the outright winner > > with his splashscreen design: > > http://www.openoffice.org/editorial/bwhelan.html > > user raist expressed concern about his image not being an original work, > but a copy of one splash screen from Adobe Reader. > i tend to agree with him (as well as few neutral friend i asked for > opinions) and here is my extended analysis: > http://ro-ooo.blogspot.com/2005/02/plagiarism-english.html > > please take a look and dray your own conclusions: is an original work or > plagiarism? > The similarities between the two images are purely superficial. It is definitely not a case of plagiarism. If this is considered plagiarism, then almost every work of art ever made would be considered plagiarized from earlier sources. - - Larry Gusaas, Moose Jaw, Sask. http://members.shaw.ca/lgusaas/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.4.0 - Release Date: 22/02/2005 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
