On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 20:06, Lars D. Noodén wrote: > On Sun, 30 Oct 2005, Daniel Carrera wrote: > [snip] > > > Microsoft is not claiming patents on any processes necessary to read or > > write .doc files. They just keep the format closed, change it on every > > release, and leave you to guess how it works. > > [snip] > > It was my understanding that the company has sw patents on XML > serialization, which is something needed for using *any* XML-based format. > It and other companies have some 3900+ sw patents (valid in the US) on > other XML/SGML related activities: > > > http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2 >Fnetahtml%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=0&f=S&l=50&TERM1=xml&FIELD1=&co1=OR&TERM2=sgm >l&FIELD2=&d=ptxt > > I'm not up on the contents of sw patents, but their could just as easily > be obstacles to the old binary ".doc" formats as well. > > Regardless of sw patents or not the DMCA / EUCD could be invoked to > prevent 'circumvention'. Dmitry Sklyarov was put in jail for > circumventing ROT13.
Pure genius. The next time some spook taps your phone, take the government to court for infiringing the copyright of your free speech. Send them to jail to figure out just what in **** has happened. ;) > Document schemas and compression algorithms are > considerable more complex. > > I suspect what he was getting at was the question, " would third parties > be allowed to read MS formats in the future?" > > -Lars > Lars Nooden ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Software patents kill innovation and harm all Net-based business. > Keep them out of the EU by writing your MEP, keep the market open. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Clinersterton beademung, with all of love - RIP James Blish ----- Mau e ki, he aha te mea nui? You ask, what is the most important thing? Maku e ki, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata. I reply, it is people, it is people, it is people. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
