It won't be copyright infringement on Windows if we use MS's API, then it won't be - or we can make an entirely new style, rather than replicate the ribbon. Maybe something like a combination of the ribbon and the bar that you get on MSO on OS X? On 3 Feb 2013 23:48, "anne-ology" <[email protected]> wrote:
> from a legal point, being the same, not merely similar, is grounds > for copyright infringement. > > > > On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 7:35 AM, Dan Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 02/03/2013 07:58 AM, Roberta wrote: > > > >> Can you make libreoffice's interface more similar to the office 2013 > >> one's? > >> Another thing... why doesn't artwork work on writer??? > >> > > If I understand correctly, MS Office 2013 is a copyrighted work. > > Remember the recent court battle over the similar appearances of cell > > phones and the billion dollar judgment? Being similar to something that > is > > copyrighted is grounds for legal actions. > > Besides, why should LIbreOffice be a MS Office look alike? > > > > --Dan > > > > > > -- > For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
