On Sun, Jan 02, 2011 19:58:41 PM +0100, Italo Vignoli ([email protected]) wrote:
> OOXML has been cleared from copyright and patent issues by Microsoft > itself before entering into the standardization process, as this is > a pre-condition of ISO standards. In addition, all Microsoft > document formats and related technologies are now fully documented > (also those totally proprietary). It looks like many people have not > followed the OOXML standardization process. Italo, I HAVE tried to follow that process as much as I could through the years, and my understanding, from the links below and many others, is that, in practice, even today things aren't really so easy, 100% clear and risk-free with OOXML. http://broadcast.oreilly.com/2010/03/what-should-happen-with-ooxmlo.html http://techrights.org/2010/01/11/ooxml-depending-on-country/ http://techrights.org/2010/10/03/amicus-briefs-in-i4i-vs-microsoft/ http://www.robweir.com/blog/2008/02/by-metes-and-bounds.html http://www.robweir.com/blog/2010/09/recipe-for-open-standards.html Marco F. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
