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Montag Juni 20, 2005

"MS Office XML Formats Not OK with GNU"
""If they had any applicable patents, they'd most assuredly tell people what those patents are. I can't see that they have done that. So, all they've said is that they may have patents and, if they do, these are the terms under which they'll license them to you. While it is true the terms of such a license are GPL-incompatible, there is no need to comply with them until we are certain they have something that must be licensed," he said."
The full article can be found here.
( Jun 20 2005, 04:21:57 PM CEST ) Permalink

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