And a wonderful $0.02... more like a nickel, but hey... It's interesting that you mention their dock. Those docks have not passed under their radar. It's the main reason why those that are carbon copies are no longer actively developed, and why those that are in developement strive to only behave similarly.

I'm abandoning work on this theme to work on a project of mine that takes more brains than graphic art and lua scripting. I love litestep, but I've seen enough havoc caused by myself that I'll probably do a theme from scratch based on Ots3 if I do a theme on my own.

As for my current project, it will be based on my research of interface design across the four major players: Aqua, Aero, KDE, GNOME. It's less fanboy and more technical.

Thanks for all your guys input. It's been an education, and hopefully I'll be able to avoid these indiscretions in the future.

Best regards,
ComposerDude