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[DotGNU]MS Office 2003 XML patented
From: |
Seth Johnson |
Subject: |
[DotGNU]MS Office 2003 XML patented |
Date: |
Tue, 18 Nov 2003 13:03:19 -0500 |
Does anybody have a copy of this page saved, or in their cache? The
language in question appears to no longer be there.
Seth
-----Original Message-----
From: Bernard Lang <address@hidden>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 13:42:53 +0100
Subject: Re: [Patents] MS Office 2003 XML patented
do you have a coppy of that page ...
it does not seem to exist any longer.
Bernard
On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 01:48:11PM +0100, Carsten Svaneborg wrote:
> Hi! Just came across the following:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/ip/format/xmlpatentlicense.asp
> Office 2003 XML Reference Schema Patent License
>
> Microsoft may have patents and/or patent applications that are
necessary
> for you to license in order to make, sell, or distribute software
programs
> that read or write files that comply with the Microsoft
specifications for
> the Office Schemas.
>
> So usage of MS Word XML files requires a patentlicense.
>
> :
>
> You are not licensed to distribute a Licensed Implementation under
license
> terms and conditions that prohibit the terms and conditions of this
license.
> You are not licensed to sublicense or transfer your rights.
>
> The licence is royalty free, but GPL ยง7 requires the right to
sublicence
> patent rights to the people who obtain a GPL program from you.
>
> so in other words Microsoft is using patents to prevent GPLed
programs
> from accessing the XML format that MS Word will be using.
>
> This is very good timing, and goes to show how important it is to
ensure
> that the software patent directive has articles that protects
interoperativity
> from consituting patentinfringemet.
>
> --
> Mvh. Carsten Svaneborg
> http://www.softwarepatenter.dk
>
>
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