Author: Miguel A. Ballicora
Date: 06:22:15 05/01/02
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On May 01, 2002 at 09:16:11, Jeroen Noomen wrote: >On May 01, 2002 at 09:12:22, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>On May 01, 2002 at 09:08:16, Jeroen Noomen wrote: >> >>>On May 01, 2002 at 06:19:35, Mike S. wrote: >>> >>>Take the following exampe: I buy MS Office, use the very same look, buttons, >>>screens etc. to make a software package that is very much the same, tell the >>>world 'Yes, I used MS Office to make this beautiful new package'. You think >>>this is legal? I bet you would receive a 'threatening' letter by MS >>>immediately. And rightly so. >> >>If you tried to sell or distribute it to anyone, certainly. If you used >>it to write letters and make spreadsheets, I don't think so. >> >>-- >>GCP > > >And what if you would enter the annual contest 'Best Office program of the >world' with your new creation? It should be disqualified from the competition, but you do not go to jail. Also, corel should be disqualified from the competition, even if it got permission from MS to use part of the software. Miguel
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