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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: Potential copyright or intellectual property issues?
From:       shaheed <srhaque () iee ! org>
Date:       2001-09-19 21:32:46
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Marc,

> I should be able to justify KWord with Shaheed's very helpful answer.  Can
> anyone provide similar story for KSpread and  Excel?  Are there other
> import filters for proprietary formats that I might get asked about?

Since Percy has not replied already, my understanding is that he developed the 
Excel filter in a very similar way, using Microsoft documentation. I presume 
that he also worked without the benefit of any priviliged information.

Certainly, I have seen the Excel file format docs on my MSDN CDs, and used 
them to make tweaks to the filter. Additionally, I derived the structure of 
the kwmf (WMF), msod (MS Office Drawing) and ppt (Powerpoint) filters using 
the MSDN documentation CDs too.

Thus, AFAIK, all the Microsoft filters I have mentioned were done in a squeaky 
clean fashion.ˆ[I°´@A ˜ÿN

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