Re: [libreoffice-design] Who copies from who the cloud legend?

Hi Tom,

I think trying make this into a copyright issue is nonsense. For one, the cloud
in LibreOffice was made to be used (by users of LibreOffice) – I would assume it
is in the public domain. For the other Paint's cloud is not exactly the same
image, although it is indeed similar.
Next, the cloud may have originally come from MS Office's drawing tools, and
the Openoffice people cloned it because they needed an equivalent, so they could
interpret Office documents correctly.
Lastly, I think the cloud is too trivial to qualify as a copyrightable work.
(Ever notice the rationale why Wikipedia includes logo images? [1])

Astron.


[1] E.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Microsoft_logo_and_wordmark.svg :
   "This image only consists of simple geometric shapes and/or text. It does not
    meet the threshold of originality needed for copyright protection, and is
    therefore in the public domain. Although it is free of copyright
    restrictions, this image may still be subject to other restrictions. See
    WP:PD#Fonts or Template talk:PD-textlogo for more information."

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