> This is actually old news. It first hit the online news sources in August.
Actually it was earlier. There's this story at the Reg dated May 21st, 2009 <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/21/microsoft_word_patent_damages/>, which was the start of it. > > To get a better understanding of it, The Register has the current story at > <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/22/microsoft_loses_word_patent_appeal > />, which also contains links to the previous stories. > > You could also search Slashdot for previous stories. The current one is > covered at > <http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/12/22/1936214/Microsoft-Ordered- > To-Pay-290M-Stop-Selling-Word> (or try this shortened one > <http://tinyurl.com/yenplnv>) > > Also, if you search the archives of this mailing list, you'll find several > posts about it there (check the posts for August 2009). > > The problem arose from the way MS was using the custom XML in their XML > editor. The method was ruled to breach a patent held by a smallish company. > At the time, there was some concern about the OO.o use of XML (as we all > know, the ODF files are a set of compressed XML files). However, the > patent owner has specifically stated that our implementation is not in > contravention of their patent, so we're safe. > > > Hi all, > > > > Hamish Bell wrote: > > > Some high tech code :) > > > > > > To be honest, I'm not entirely honest ... perhaps someone knows a bit > > > more than us? > > > > This page will do a better job of explaining what xml is than I can, > > http://www.w3.org/standards/xml/ . > > > > The law suit concerns a special form of xml that is used in Word. Most > > likely the DTDs that were used. > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > -- > > Andy > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > -- Alex Fisher Co-Lead, CD-ROM Project OpenOffice.org Marketing Community Contact Australia/New Zealand http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/
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