Re: [libreoffice-design] Screenshots for LibreOffice documentation

Hi David, *,
Am 07.07.2011 06:59, schrieb David Nelson:
> Hi Jay, *,
>
> On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 4:26 AM, planas<jslozier@gmail.com>  wrote:
> > Unless someone is willing to spend the time and money to properly
> > research the US legal issues, the safest course is avoid any chance of
> > putting us into a possible legal crosshairs. I have neither. The problem
> > is that no one has come forward who is US  attorney and knowledgeable on
> > software related issues to advise us. MS could consider LO as a direct
> > competitor to MSO and thus would look for our legal blunders committed
> > out of ignorance of US law.
> >
> > It may be more tedious for us to make sure our screenshots do not show
> > anything that would imply a Windows OS but it is safer. I doubt any
> > Linux distro would be upset if their desktop was identifiable in one of
> > our screenshots. In fact a subtle plug could made by saying all the
> > screenshots were made on various Linux distros. Many Windows users think
> > we are command line using dinosaurs and would be surprised to see a
> > vaguely familiar desktop.
>
> Well, if one *were* to accept that the risk might possibly exist in
> the US, I somehow *feel* that Microsoft would be much less likely to
> succeed in such hypothetical action in European courts. Also,
> certainly in Europe, Microsoft would be likely to attract loud
> criticism and incite hostile activism in doing so.
>
> But, even if one were to avoid Windows screenshots to the greatest
> extent possible (it being difficult to produce good Windows
> installation guides - for example - without taking screenshots under
> Windows), I still would not like to see the English docs team and
> website team taking its screenshots purely under Linux/Unix. What
> about the Macintosh platform? I'd certainly like to encourage more
> involvement from Mac users.

Did someone know if it won't be the same problem with Mac as it is with MS?

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k-j

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