[Paul C. Jesup]

Dodge. I'm not liable for these legal violations in Excel. You,the user, would be (and are) if Open Office is violates them as well.

Actually you are wrong, but if someone buys an item in 'good faith' than the buyer is not legally liable if it turns out that item was originally stolen as long as the buyer did not know it was stolen before or during the puchase, but it does up the door for the buyer to sue the seller for defruading the buyer by selling them stolen property.

[Golden Eagle]

Actually you are wrong, but if someone buys an item...

Uh, you don't buy Open Office, you download it for free. Try again.

[N3WBI3]

Thats a great point; will companies that become dependent on something that may have been stolen will have to rip it out if the court settlement only award monetary damages and does not transfer the right to the software vendor?