Gianugo Rabellino dijo: > Antonio Gallardo wrote: >> Michael Hartle dijo: >> >>>Hmm, basically, this sounds interesting, but according to the legal >>> notice >>> >>> >>>>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... >> >> >> +1 >> >> I just simply does not understand why while developers (including me) >> screaming for the formats descriptions of earlier implementations for >> years and they does not reply nothing. It was simply propetary. If you >> don't believe me, see POI project. They have hardtime documenting the MS >> formats. > > Hold, the document format has been documented from quite a few time. > There were public specs, and infact this was one of the major MS > arguments ("hey, our file formats are public!"). Now, whether the > available documentation was crap is a totally different issue. :-)
Anyway, by definition I don't believe in his SWEET help. Sorry, I hope to be wrong in this. This is why I support this: We need "scan the license" very carefully before take decision. Best Regards, Antonio Gallardo
