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Legal Analyst Sees Defects in Microsoft Open XML Initiative | |
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| Time: 11:13 EST/16:13 GMT | News Source: eWeek | Posted By: Andre Da Costa | ||
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Microsoft's open standard Office XML format announcement may not be that big a deal, according to one standards attorney. When Microsoft announced Monday that it was submitting its Office 12 XML format specifications to Ecma International to become an open standard, many took a wait-and-see attitude toward it. They did so because Microsoft had not revealed a license for its proposed standard. Microsoft is expected to reveal the license text some time this week, even as most businesses closed early Wednesday for the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend. | ||
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| #1 By 15406 (24.43.125.29) at 11/25/2005 2:47:38 PM |
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Funny, all the usual pro-MS people here have been telling me that there is no license anymore, and the covenant is all that there is.
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| #2 By 2459 (24.175.136.242) at 11/28/2005 12:36:00 AM |
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It's simple. Eweek got it wrong (not surprising).
The "license text" that was to be posted was the covenant. If you read the Brian Jones blog post linked from AW, you'd have seen that he said the covenant replaces the old licenses. More on the covenant vs the old license: http://www.microsoft.com/office/xml/newvsold.mspx ---------------------- In November 2003, Microsoft first posted an open and royalty-free license for the Office 2003 Reference Schemas. Beginning in November 2005, Microsoft is offering a Covenant not to Sue for the Office 2003 Reference Schemas. Individuals and companies wishing to implement programs that support the Office 2003 Reference Schemas are recommended to rely upon the Covenant not to Sue. The Covenant is an irrevocable commitment by Microsoft that it will not assert patent rights against individuals or companies that implement programs that conform to the specifications for the Office 2003 Reference Schemas. It is subject to limited conditions, which are described in the covenant. Microsoft will also be offering this same covenant with respect to the forthcoming specifications for the "Office 12" schema specifications. More information about this program will be forthcoming at or before the time of the commercial availability of "Office 12." Anyone who would prefer to rely upon the older open and royalty-free license for the Office 2003 Reference Schemas is welcome to do so. ----------------- This post was edited by n4cer on Monday, November 28, 2005 at 00:39. |
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