[odf-discuss] OpenDocument traps, was: UPGRADE monograph about OpenDocument and OOXML

[Thomas Zander]

On Sunday 01 April 2007 12:49, M. Fioretti wrote:
> Feedback is welcome,

Your part about patents is not entirely well thought out.
A file format is pretty hard to patent; there tend to be ways to write a piece 
of software to convert it to another file format and 'free' the document.
But, sure, like mp3 has patent probems, there is some truth in it.
The bigger issue I have with your story is that this specific item does not 
give problems for long term storage of the content. For the simple reason 
that a patent is time limited.

-- 
Thomas Zander
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