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[Vishnoo <vish@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 2011-03-20 at 20:23 +0530, Owais Lone wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 6:42 PM, Vishnoo <vish@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>         On Sun, 2011-03-20 at 16:37 +0530, Owais Lone wrote:
>         >
>         >
>         >         I think, in my personal opinion Launcher looks very
>         good with
>         >         Faenza icon style. Shape of icons in Faenza style
>         fit very
>         >         well to Launcher Entries
>         > I can only second that.
>         >
>         >         BUT Faenza looks little iPhone-ish :)
>         >
>         > So what? They look awesome and that's why one should use
>         them not if
>         > they look different.
>         
>         
>         Yea let's use it. Apple Inc are very nice folks, they wont sue
>         Canonical
>         over copyright infringement just to shut down a potential
>         competition.. ;-)
>         
>         
>         --
>         Cheers,
>         Vish
>         
> They don't hold a patent on squarish icons sizes or do they? :-/
> 
> 
> 
It's not just the shape.
I would suggest you have a look at icons in iPad/iPhone and compare
them. You will quickly realize where Canonical can get sued.. ;-)

-- 
Cheers,
Vish