There is a separate patent license available to parties interested in implementing software programs that can read and write files that conform to the Specification. This patent license is available at this location: http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/ip/format/xmlpatentlicense.asp.Before adding the Microsoft schema to the CVS and thus probably implicitly accepting the patent license, some ASF lawyer better scan this throughly...
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Michael Hartle, Hartle & Klug Consulting GmbH
