Am 13.04.2012 21:49, schrieb Arnt Karlsen:
> 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)
>
I don't see a relation in this discussion about -backports, so please
stop it here.
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