On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 12:01:39PM +0200, Micha Nelissen wrote:
> Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
> >>to write all this, nothing is stopping you, but CHM seems like a faster
> >>& more productive route ATM, if the coder doesn't care anyway.
> >
> >Brings me back to the same old question everybody seems to avoid
> >answering.  May we use the CHM format - is it proprietary/patented by
> >Microsoft?
> 
> Depends on where you are obviously :-). AFAIK, it can't be here in 
> Europe. 
Now. Perhaps not forever.

>Besides, a file format is just a file format, there is no 
> invention in a format, it's just a choice.
Yes but M$ patented his xml file formats...ok again not in Europe but
...better prevent than cure!


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Marco Ciampa

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