Hi :) On the other hand you quite enjoy using Personas (but without them having a corporate logo) to tweak your own version of LO to the way you like it and a lot of people add Extensions, dictionaries and all sorts.
Almost always all those are completely harmless. I imagine people usually want to make it clear that they have done things to it = to take credit for it or to distinguish it from the vanilla flavour. I am not sure it is possible to do modifications without making it clear that there have been changes tbh Regards from Tom :) On 16 July 2014 17:21, Kracked_P_P---webmaster <[email protected]> wrote: > > I would not use a "modified" version of LO, that adds their logos [or > other things] without telling the user that they have modified LO from the > original version. I had one software do that and it took weeks of work to > install the "non-modified" version so the modifications were no longer > seen. I just do not trust these "un-stated modified versions". I create a > DVD project for LO and use the original files [all 90+ of them]. I would > never modify LO and not tell people that is has been modified. The DVD > labels that are included in my DVD project .iso files show both my side and > the official LO site URLs next to each other in/on the label "artwork" > files and DVD media I burn/print. I also hate the modified software > packages that then require the user to go to the original software help > service and you are told that since the software was modified those > help-line people cannot help the user[s]. > > Yes, open source and freely modifiable is a good idea, but those developed > modified packages should not be called the "exact" same name as the > unmodified ones and distributed that way. We need independent coders to > "play" with ideas and tweaking LO, to see what they can do to improve the > package, or make it "their own version". But users need to know if they > are being given a modified package. Once I repository version of LO had a > different color splash screen as the same version number downloaded from LO > pages. I wondered what else was modified, but the Linux help system could > not tell me and would not even admit to that they changed the splash screen > in their repository version. So I tend remove repository version after the > "updating" and install the official LO website version[s]. > > Yes, I have had problems with false-positives with some security packages, > but less with Comodo's free :Internet Suite" of security software. Of > course, it is good to make sure of the software source[s] and run > anti-virus on the downloaded install file[s] BEFORE you install them. Some > packages automatically check downloaded files before they are saves outside > if the "download temp. folder" before it is saved in the targeted one, > while others do not. Also make sure you use "Web of Trust" that has a > rating system that warns of issues with web pages that might be better to > avoid - say kid safe, security issues reported, etc.. It works with Google > search and as a "web page entry advisor" on Chrome, Firefox, and IE. Free > too. > > On 07/16/2014 09:34 AM, Tom Davies wrote: > >> Hi :) >> It is more likely to be a false-positive. All anti-virus and security >> systems run the risk of finding false-positives otherwise they are not >> working hard enough. >> >> Also the software competes against major profit-making software from >> certain companies so their security programs or anti-virus programs could >> have a good reason to have such 'accidents'. >> >> On the other hand the software is free to distribute and >> modify&distribute so that people can have tweaked versions to cover a >> variety of scenarios. For example on Cds/Dvds glued to the front of mags, >> or in corporate environments to place their logo in the menu-bars. Almost >> all of these are legitimate and trustworthy. They should all point to the >> main official website to make it easy to get the pure original from; >> http://www.libreoffice.org/ >> http://www.libreoffice.org/downloads >> >> If that version created a problem then it would be great to hear which >> security program or anti-virus you are using and maybe someone here, or >> you, could let them know they have a false-positive. >> >> Good luck and regards from >> Tom :) >> >> >> >> >> >> On 16 July 2014 13:48, Kracked_P_P---webmaster < >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> On 07/16/2014 02:33 AM, Against thieves wrote: >> >> my software detected your libreoffice have many trojan and >> malware spy file at your installation file and setuped >> folder,welcome to clean and fix such trojan,otherwise,your >> software are unsafe >> >> >> Where did you get the install file and was the detection on that >> file or after it was installed? What OS are you using and which >> Anti-Virus, and detection/cleaning, packages are you using? That >> may help use know what is going on. >> >> I have never heard of this issue coming up before. My Comodo >> suite of software has never detected any Trojan and other >> "nasties" in LO's install files. 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