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Re: [Sheflug] Microsoft's standards bid stalled

> I think the critical question is whether OOXML can be implemented
> freely without having to pay patent royalties to Microsoft.  If you're
> talking about preservation of documents in the long run - being able
> to still read something in 50 years time - then this doesn't matter,
> but the 20 year period of a patent is effectively eternity from a
> software developers point of view.
>
> http://holloway.co.nz/can-other-vendors-implement-ooxml.html

Yes.  It's an excessively long winded subject to try to understand.


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Richard

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