OpenOffice was a product called StarWriter before Microsoft Word was
available.
One law firm indicated that you violate their copyright if you view the
HTML source on their web page. The point is that a lawyer might at any
time declare that anything is a copyright violation. Microsoft has been
On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 13:21:26 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Everyone that replied had that in their mind.
Not everyone. I just answered his question.
There is generally no need to assume bad motives when someone is simply asking
for information.
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On Friday 19 October 2007 05:24:00 you wrote:
> Wow.
>
> Well, I'm just a normal user (student, high school) who wants to
> keep it legal. That's why I'm asking questions. I very much like
> the opensource alternatives, but some questions appeared in my
> mind: are those alternatives legal? Aren't
At 10/18/2007 09:16 PM, you wrote:
Mike B. wrote:
> At 10/18/2007 05:14 PM, you wrote:
>> I very much doubt it. The concept of a word processor go back many
>> years
>> before Microsoft was incorporated as a company. WordPerfect, for
>
> Microsoft was around prior to 1982, so that's not a great
Joao Santos wrote:
> Wow.
>
> Well, I'm just a normal user (student, high school) who wants to keep
> it legal. That's why I'm asking questions. I very much like the
> opensource alternatives, but some questions appeared in my mind: are
> those alternatives legal? Aren't they just "free copies"?
Joao wrote:
> Can Open Office (and other free/opensource software) be accused of stealing
> the intellectual property of other programs (in O.o.'s case Microsoft
> Office)??
Accused? Yes. Microsoft has a habit of making such claims. Microsoft
also has a habit of refusing to provide specifics
On Thursday 18 October 2007 08:44:38 you wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My name is Joao, and I was wondering if you could answer me this
> question:
>
> Can Open Office (and other free/opensource software) be accused
> of stealing the intellectual property of other programs (in
> O.o.'s case Microsoft Office
Mike B. wrote:
> At 10/18/2007 05:14 PM, you wrote:
>> On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:44:38 +0100
>> "Joao Santos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> > Does OpenOffice infringe the intellectual property of Microsoft
>> Office?
>>
>> I very much doubt it. The concept of a word processor go back many
>> years
At 10/18/2007 05:14 PM, you wrote:
On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:44:38 +0100
"Joao Santos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Does OpenOffice infringe the intellectual property of Microsoft Office?
I very much doubt it. The concept of a word processor go back many years
before Microsoft was incorporated as
James Knott wrote:
> Joao Santos wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> My name is Joao, and I was wondering if you could answer me this question:
>>
>> Can Open Office (and other free/opensource software) be accused of stealing
>> the intellectual property of other programs (in O.o.'s case Microsoft
>> Offi
Frank Cox wrote:
Word processing programs were
originally written in the early 1970's for mainframe (green screen) computers.
By the late 60s at the latest, and very likely earlier. SGML (and
therefore XML) can trace its ancestry back to the macro language for
IBM's mainframe SCRIPT program,
Joao Santos wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My name is Joao, and I was wondering if you could answer me this question:
>
> Can Open Office (and other free/opensource software) be accused of stealing
> the intellectual property of other programs (in O.o.'s case Microsoft
> Office)??
>
> Does OpenOffice infring
On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:44:38 +0100
"Joao Santos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My name is Joao, and I was wondering if you could answer me this question:
>
> Can Open Office (and other free/opensource software) be accused of stealing
> the intellectual property of other programs (in O.
Hello,
My name is Joao, and I was wondering if you could answer me this question:
Can Open Office (and other free/opensource software) be accused of stealing
the intellectual property of other programs (in O.o.'s case Microsoft
Office)??
Does OpenOffice infringe the intellectual property of Mic
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