Yes, I think I understand this. But I don't understand why the doc-formats are of no concern. Can doc-filters be GPL:ed? Why? Are they licensed with more freedom? If reversed engineering is allowed in this case, how could any format license be legally valid?
/$ 2005/10/30, Giuseppe Bilotta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Sunday, October 30, 2005 Henrik Sundberg wrote: > > > But if this reversed engineering is completely legal, why should the > > license attached to MS Open XML format make it GPL incompatible? > > http://www.microsoft.com/office/xml/licenseoverview.mspx > > In particular > > http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/ip/format/xmlpatentlicense.asp > > reads > > "You are not licensed to sublicense or transfer your > rights." > > which is *exactly* what GPL does. > > -- > Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
