Simon Brouwer wrote: > Hi all, > > I read a story on Slashdot about Microsoft further opening up the license > to the MSO 2003 XML Reference Schemas. > > It seems that the license is compatible with "many open source licenses", > Microsoft even provides a link to the OSI. > However, the license requires " (...) that the patent and copyright > provisions in the license for the Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas > require you to include a notice of attribution in your program." which > appears to make it incompatible with (L)GPL.
I'm not so sure GPL compatability is an issue - isn't GPL compatability only required for code that you link to? An XSLT file used for importing is hardly code, and certainly doesn't need a linker. I'm not even sure if such an XSLT file would be disqualified from a GPL licenced disto, since XSLT it's akin to a very elaborate CSS + script. AFAIK There is no requirement for such files to be free. This is a matter of definitions I suppose. I sometimes say "I only use free software", but I probably visit sites and run non-free javascript (albeit in a free javascript engine) every day. There is certainly no requirement in the GPL that you can't have a free engine that runs non-free scripts. XSLT is very much like a script. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
