[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 104052] Add LibreColour HLC palette

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104052

--- Comment #50 from Christoph Schäfer <christoph-schaefer@gmx.de> ---
(In reply to jonathon from comment #49)

> Issue # 1: AFAIK, the degree to which ND permeates the work-product has not
> been tested in court. Just because the creator intends for No-Derivatives to
> be limited to the specific colours in this specific colour swatch in this
> specific file format is no guarantee that a court will rule that way. 
>
> Distribute it within LibO, and The Document Foundation, EV is at risk of
> being on the wrong side of a very expensive lawsuit.

Really? How so? freieFarbe e.V. is a non-profit organisation, and it would lose
this status immediately if it started lawsuits over promoting open standards.

> Distribute it as a third party extension, and let users decide if the
> benefits outweigh the legal risks.

There are no legal risks. HLC is just a colour model.

> Issue # 2: Subsets and supersets. By using an ND license, this group of
> colours is effectively excluded from being used as the basis for a colour
> scheme --- any colour scheme. It doesn't matter if the resulting palette is
> corporate branding, or a party theme.
>
> FWIW, I don't see the FreeColour as being the instigator of the lawsuits,
> but rather, the estate and heirs of FreeColour. Neighbouring rights, greedy
> heirs, sleazy lawyers, and targets with pockets deep enough to pay, but not
> quite deep enough to rebuff paying the danegeld.

You apparently have no clue.

> I am not a lawyer. 

That's quite obvious.

I apologise if this sounds condescending, but the old maxim "si tacuisses,
philosophus manisses" seems to be appropriate here.

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