[odf-discuss] Legal problems with MOOX

[Lars Noodén]

About 30 minutes into the Groklaw interview with Interview with  Free
Software Foundation Europe President Georg Greve, he brings up some
interesting points about short comings in the vague legal promises from
MS regarding MOOX.

Interview:
	http://www.groklaw.net/pdf/GeorgGreve_FSFE_Brussels_20070702.v2.vorbis.ogg

Transcript:
	http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070706093041808

Apparently there are still fundamental questions that remain unanswered
and which block anyone from actually being able to implement MOOX.

In particular, when examining certain grants for "MS necessary claims",
only the base components are covered and no referenced technologies and
no extensions to those technologies meaning that all the proprietary
formats (old versions of .doc for example) are not covered.

In other words, technical shortcomings aside, the licensing is not
filled out enough to actually allow a non-MS entity to be able to
implement MOOX.

Best regards,
-Lars
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Lars Noodén
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