On Tuesday 06 February 2007 18:08, Devdas Bhagat wrote: > On 06/02/07 14:04 +0530, Anant Narayanan wrote: > <snip> > > > Again, .NET is an ECMA standard; complete with a reference > > implementation. If you consider JavaScript to be a standard, > > there's no reason why .NET isn't. > > .NET is a standard, but with parts covered by patents in the US. > OOXML is a specification, which is not yet a standard.
For the record pure software patents are not recognised in India as of now. So you are probaly safe as long as u dont export to countries permitting software patents. -- Rgds JTD -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
