In article <XML-20071225052014@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
ram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Stefan Ram) wrote:
> Tim Smith <reply_in_group@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>Microsoft will deny this, but it's already confirmed that Microsoft's 'Open'
> >>XML, for example, is a patent trap. See here:
> >No more so than ODF.
>
> It was Microsoft Corporation issuing a patent-submission for
> »Word-processing document stored in a single XML file«:
>
> http://v3.espacenet.com/origdoc?DB=EPODOC&IDX=EP1376387&QPN=EP1376387
So? Microsoft has patents covering OOXML. Sun had patents covering
ODF. As part of submitting their specifications for standardization,
they have to provide licenses to those patents.
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--Tim Smith
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