On 7/8/2011 4:02 AM, Alexander Thurgood wrote:
Le 08/07/11 09:45, Gary Schnabl a écrit :
Hi Gary,
My common-sense take on this (non)issue is that Microsoft would actually
not object to any such public exposure of their GUI than in suppressing
it, as it provides free advertising for the (now-obsolete) product.
Ditto for Apple.
Common sense is often not the reflection of the law. Is the DMCA a piece
of common sense legislation ? Is the EU Copyright Directive a piece of
common sense legislation ? Some might say yes, many others, including
myself (as an IP lawyer), no, given the extent to which the powers
extended to IP rights holders may be wielded. Debate is irrelevant in
the end, the rights in the "work" exist - either they are respected or
they aren't, but IMHO that is for the SC to decide and not for the
documentation subproject.
Alex
And there are some paranoid types today who think that legal (or
governmental...) permission is needed in order for anybody to "take a dump."
Attorneys always can be expected to do those things that further their
own business interests, BTW, some of the worst (legal) advice or laws
purposely are created by attorneys--who either do or else should know
better).
I have been fairly inactive the past year in my efforts as a technical
editor since my first OOo involvement in OOo documents (primarily as the
editor of the the Writer Guide for a while or template development
during the really lean-personnel days of OOoAuthors) beginning back
during 2006 for me. So, I have not been "reading the mail" in this and
other lists until fairly recently concerning OOo/LO document matters.
However, I thought from my occasional reading of posts in this list over
the past year that Jean Weber initially considered the changeover from
Winfows XP silver screenshots in the OOo documents (used by LO as the
major basis for newer LO docs) as being somewhat unnecessary.
My point being: I, for one, will not worry myself or fret over any use
of indirectly proprietary screenshots ever appearing in my own
documents. That puts me firmly in the vast majority of writers or
editors in this regard. However, if any group or organization wants to
avoid doing that--for whatever reason, even foolish ones--that is OK
with me, too.
Gary
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