Re: libreoffice: US Letter selected when A4 present in /etc/papersize

[Arnt Karlsen <arnt@c2i.net>]

On Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:51:09 +0530, dE wrote in message 
<[🔎] 4F885275.2080706@gmail.com>:

> On 04/13/12 21:49, Andres Cimmarusti wrote:
> >> :-D :-D
> >>
> >> But the format is open.
> > This is not completely true, see here:
> >
> > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
> >
> > "Worst of all, it has already done so. Microsoft Office 2007 uses by
> > default a format based on the patented OOXML format. (This is the
> > one that Microsoft got declared an “open standard” by political
> > manipulation and packing standards committees.) The actual format is
> > not entirely OOXML, and it is not entirely documented. Microsoft
> > offers a gratis patent license for OOXML on terms which do not allow
> > free implementations. We are thus beginning to receive Word files
> > in a format that free programs are not even allowed to read."
> 
> Patents are best ignored. You'll never be targeted.

..dear Microsoft shill, AFAICT, you are asking people here to 
commit a crime.  That too is a crime.  So, tell the FBI. ;o)

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