Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4498 mails)

["Marcel Mourguiart" <mourguiart@xxxxxxxxx>]

2006/11/13, Dominique Leuenberger <Dominique.Leuenberger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >>> Reply on 13-11-2006 15:52:23 <<<> 2006/11/13, Duncan Mac-Vicar
> Prett <dmacvicar@xxxxxxx>:
> > >
> > > On Sunday 12 November 2006 19:47, Alexey Eremenko wrote:
> > > > Hi all !
> > > >
> > > > Since we have made a deal with MS about patents, I would like to
> > ask
> > > > include MS-patented Windows Media Codecs (WMA/WMV) with both
> > openSUSE
> > > > 10.2 and future SUSE versions... (including Enterprise). The
> code
> > > > exists (on packman sites - the only problem was patents, which
> is
> > > > solved now).
> > > >
> > > > After all, we must use that pact to our advantage.
> > > >
> > > > What do you think ?
> > >
> > > Novell has no deal with Microsoft about patents. Novell can't ship
> > > patented
> > > stuff.
> > >
> > > The only deal that was made is, if ever patented stuff is found,
> MS
> > will
> > > not
> > > sue customer and viceversa, but the code will be removed anyway.
> >
> >
> > Microsoft Office 2007 XML documents arent patented ??
> >
> > How are you going to include that on OpenOffice ?
> >
>
> Did you get the idea from Microsoft to OPEN the SPEC for Office
> Document Format? Did you? BTW: It's an ECMA Standard already, and thus
> can be freely implemented whenever you want!


No i don't, that's why i'm asking, please don't confuse my question with all
that's fud's  post.

> From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Office_Open_XML
> (Licensing)
so there Novell just give's the hand to implement that open standard in
> OpenOffice. Something, MS for SURE would never do by themself, but it
> gives an advantage to OpenOffice as Document Exchange with Office 2007
> Users. and THAT's what should be honored!
>
> Dominique


Thanks for the info

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Marcel Mourguiart