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       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 <elderdanlewis@gmail.com> 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



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