(Just IMHO) The cause for legal problems might be not GUI similarity, but code that generates MS compatible documents.
> -----Original Message----- > From: CPHennessy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 3:47 PM > To: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [users] Legality of Open Office > > On Sat October 14 2006 06:26, + pieperjm wrote: > > [ MODERATED ] *********************** To Open Office, I > have seen the > > usefulness of Open Office from users of your program, and I > just had > > question regarding the legality of the program. Is it completely > > legal? and if so (which it probably is) how is it so similar to > > Microsoft programs without worrying about legal problems? > Thankyou for > > your time, > > yes it is completely legal. For similarities you may want to > go back to some of the original Macs ( or to Parc Xerox) to > see who copies who. Court cases have already been fought and > the "interfaces look similar" arguments has been lost several times. > > OpenOffice.org is COMPLETELY legal and free to use. > > -- > CPH : openoffice.org contributor > > Maybe your question has been answered already? > http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
