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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: MS filters
From:       Sebastian Sauer <mail () dipe ! org>
Date:       2008-03-13 14:01:17
Message-ID: 200803131501.17927.mail () dipe ! org
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On Thursday 13 March 2008, Matthew Woehlke wrote:
> Ariya Hidayat wrote:
>
> Ok, I've resisted the urge to comment until now, but...
>
> > I suggest that you take a look first at the file format documentation:
> > http://www.microsoft.com/interop/docs/OfficeBinaryFormats.mspx
>
> ...I suggest anyone that wants to write FLOSS code *do not* look at that
> without a lawyer's OK. Google[1] turns up way to many results (note
> particularly the ones from Red Hat's Truth Happens /and the SFLC[2]/)
> implying OSP is not compatible with GPL, which means we should not
> accept contributions from anyone that has looked at these documents.
>
> (And MSOOXML is rumored to be a patent minefield. I hope the people
> thinking about implementing it are keeping this in mind...)

To avoid anything that may covered by a software-patent would result in 
stopping to develop software in general. Take it serious, fight against it 
but don't accept it and don't give up.
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