Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Do not support writing to OOXML format

On Sun, Jan 02, 2011 19:58:41 PM +0100, Italo Vignoli
(italo.vignoli@gmail.com) wrote:

> OOXML has been cleared from copyright and patent issues by Microsoft
> itself before entering into the standardization process, as this is
> a pre-condition of ISO standards. In addition, all Microsoft
> document formats and related technologies are now fully documented
> (also those totally proprietary). It looks like many people have not
> followed the OOXML standardization process.

Italo,

I HAVE tried to follow that process as much as I could through the
years, and my understanding, from the links below and many others, is
that, in practice, even today things aren't really so easy, 100% clear
and risk-free with OOXML. 

http://broadcast.oreilly.com/2010/03/what-should-happen-with-ooxmlo.html
http://techrights.org/2010/01/11/ooxml-depending-on-country/
http://techrights.org/2010/10/03/amicus-briefs-in-i4i-vs-microsoft/
http://www.robweir.com/blog/2008/02/by-metes-and-bounds.html
http://www.robweir.com/blog/2010/09/recipe-for-open-standards.html

Marco F.

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