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Re: Microsoft 'Frees' Office Formats
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:08:36 -0800
________________________________________ From: Michael O'Dell [mo () ccr org] Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 12:42 AM To: David Farber Subject: Re: [IP] Microsoft 'Frees' Office Formats David Farber wrote:
Documentation for the formats has been available by request on a royalty free basis for a while, but putting it under the OSP gives developers cover from lawsuits.
"MS Promises"? (izzat a new component of Office for pre-nuptial agreements?) call me a cynic, but that stretches the fabric of credulity beyond plastic failure. the right way to do that would be to cede the specs and all relevant patents to the public domain. then there will be no question as to whether the rug might later attempt to take flight. i believe that's what Bell Labs did with the Unix "setuid" patent -mo ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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