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It would be interesting to see the patents that they may or may not have, which you might or might not be infringing if you don't agree to their licensing terms... I find it surprising that they're relying on patent law rather than copyright law. As far as I'm aware, if I find a patented can-opener that someone has carelessly dropped on the pavement, the patent owner has no right to restrict the way in which I use it. Michael Kay > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Champion [mailto:mc@x...] > Sent: 17 November 2003 20:47 > To: xml-dev@l... > Subject: Re: Word 2003 schemas available > > > > On Nov 17, 2003, at 3:28 PM, DuCharme, Bob (LNG-CHO) wrote: > > > The Danish Government has made the "WordprocessingML" > schemas for Word > > 2003's native XML format available to the public at > > http://isb.oio.dk/info/news/wordml+published.htm. > > Yeah, but check out > http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/ip/format/xmlpatentlicense.asp for the terms and conditions under which the schema can be used. IANAL, but the Slashdot discussion gives one pause ... ----------------------------------------------------------------- The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription manager: <http://lists.xml.org/ob/adm.pl>
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