I'm not asking why the OS X was directly copied instead of either Windows one. I'm asking why any existing Word icon was copied at all.
Joeri Jungschlager wrote: > > It has too do with the law, Apple is much more of a social company then > Microsoft. > Think apple putted on a flexible license. (like CC/GPL/APSL) I think the > last one is apple used. > Microsoft I pretty sure they not. > > On 16 February 2010 20:39, Merk <merkin...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> >> So I see a lot of nice changes with the humanity icon update. However >> the >> icons for .doc, .xls etc are really bothersome. >> The icons are blatantly ripped off the OSX version of Office. Why? >> I can understand having a W be pronounced in the icon for .doc like all >> versions of word, but why make the W exactly like that in the OSX >> version? >> Most people coming to Ubuntu would be coming from Windows if anything. >> >> I removed the Mac OS X Word W and replaced it simply with the Ubuntu >> Title >> Font and already find it an improvement >> http://old.nabble.com/file/p27613841/humanity.png Current Humanity .doc >> file >> http://old.nabble.com/file/p27613841/humanity2.png Slight change to >> Humanity >> .doc file >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://old.nabble.com/.doc%2C-.xls%2C-etc-icons-in-Humanity-Update-tp27613841p27613841.html >> Sent from the ubuntu-art mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> >> -- >> ubuntu-art mailing list >> ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art >> > > > > -- > J.D. Jungschlager > Telephone: +31647843040 > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/.doc%2C-.xls%2C-etc-icons-in-Humanity-Update-tp27613841p27625636.html Sent from the ubuntu-art mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
