I've been a Zorin OS user for a while now and I have a question. Obviously Zorin comes with layouts that provide a near Windows experience, so I was wondering whether those Windows like layouts violate any patents of Microsoft.
The other thing to take into account is the coding, it has not been reverse engineered and whilst it looks similar it is not the same. What is appalling is that M$ uses Linux as part of its Windows desktop from as early as Windows 7. Windows 8 desktop was designed by 2 former Canonical (Ubuntu) employees. The Linux Kernel bears no resemblance to the Windows kernel (thankfully).