Petitie catre Parlamentul European

Petitia pentru un Parlament deschis este adresata Parlamentului European de catre OpenForum Europe (OFE), The European Software Market Association (ESOMA) si The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE), organizatii care indeamna toti cetatenii sa o sprijine in mod public.

Iata, in traducerea mea, principalele idei:

Atit cetatenii cit si toate celelalte grupuri implicate nu trebuie sa fie fortate sa foloseasca aplicatiile software ale unei singure companii pentru a putea comunica cu reprezentantii lor alesi sau a participa in procesul legislativ.

Toate comaniile trebuie sa aiba sansa de a concura liber pentru contracte de furnizare de servicii IT pentru Parlamentul European.

Sint cetatean al Uniunii Europene si doresc ca Parlamentul European sa adopte folosirea standardelor deschise sa promoveze interoperabilitatea in sectorul IT.

Citi textul integral al petitiei (in limba engleza).

plagiarism? [english]

Plagiarism?

The "suspect" image:

The original:

Comparison:

Reasoning:

At the first look, the two images have the same theme: some abstract spirals. This may be considered legitimate artistic inspiration, this is why i will concentrate on other aspects.

1. dimensions: the "suspect" image does not use the standard OOo splash size - 440x300, but the same as Adobe Reader 440x286


2. colors: both images are divided in two zones, one white and the other darker, with the same aspect ratio and the same soft margin


3. logo: both logos (Adobe Reader and OpenOffice.org) are placed in the same position and uhave the same size (both using thwo colors, one for the fist word and another for the rest is just a coincidence)


4. secondary logo: both images have a secondary logo (PDF and respectyvely Sun) placed in about the same position

Conclusion?