Re: [dev] Does MS Office Binary File Formats Spec. help improve the binary filter?
What I was trying to say is that I recall something very similar to this happening a while back and the company cried foul when the open source software used their proprietory code and used it as an excuse to lambast open source in general. So basically, just hearsay? --tml - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.org
[dev] Does MS Office Binary File Formats Spec. help improve the binary filter?
MS Office binary formats are no longer a secret after MS release the spec http://www.microsoft.com/interop/docs/OfficeBinaryFormats.mspx in Feb 2008. Does this help improve the quality of the MS Office binary filters in OpenOffice.org in any way? Since we no longer need to rely on reverse engineering only. -- _/|\_ /Samphan Raruenrom./ Open Source Development Co., Ltd. Tel: +66 2 2699889 Fax: +66 38 773128 Web: www.osdev.co.th http://www.osdev.co.th/ Twitter: @osdev http://twitter.com/osdev Facebook: www.facebook.com/osdev http://www.facebook.com/osdev
Re: [dev] Does MS Office Binary File Formats Spec. help improve the binary filter?
including code from them means they can cry foul with regard to their intellectual property.I am not On 12 Jul 2010 12:58, Samphan Raruenrom samp...@osdev.co.th wrote: MS Office binary formats are no longer a secret after MS release the spec http://www.microsoft.com/interop/docs/OfficeBinaryFormats.mspx in Feb 2008. Does this help improve the quality of the MS Office binary filters in OpenOffice.org in any way? Since we no longer need to rely on reverse engineering only. -- _/|\_ /Samphan Raruenrom./ Open Source Development Co., Ltd. Tel: +66 2 2699889 Fax: +66 38 773128 Web: www.osdev.co.th http://www.osdev.co.th/ Twitter: @osdev http://twitter.com/osdev Facebook: www.facebook.com/osdev http://www.facebook.com/osdev
Re: [dev] Does MS Office Binary File Formats Spec. help improve the binary filter?
Sorry for my earlier email being incomplete, I was typing on my phone and it sent because of an errant finger. What I was trying to say is that I recall something very similar to this happening a while back and the company cried foul when the open source software used their proprietory code and used it as an excuse to lambast open source in general. I will try to recall the exact details and reply to this thread when I do (or someone else may well recall before me in which case please put me out of my misery :p) Regards Greg On 12 July 2010 13:43, Gregory Fenton lab...@labby.co.uk wrote: including code from them means they can cry foul with regard to their intellectual property.I am not On 12 Jul 2010 12:58, Samphan Raruenrom samp...@osdev.co.th wrote: MS Office binary formats are no longer a secret after MS release the spec http://www.microsoft.com/interop/docs/OfficeBinaryFormats.mspx in Feb 2008. Does this help improve the quality of the MS Office binary filters in OpenOffice.org in any way? Since we no longer need to rely on reverse engineering only. -- _/|\_ /Samphan Raruenrom./ Open Source Development Co., Ltd. Tel: +66 2 2699889 Fax: +66 38 773128 Web: www.osdev.co.th http://www.osdev.co.th/ Twitter: @osdev http://twitter.com/osdev Facebook: www.facebook.com/osdev http://www.facebook.com/osdev
