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eWeek: MS Office XML Formats Not OK with GNU

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“The royalty-free license under which Microsoft plans to make
its upcoming new Office Open XML Formats widely available is
incompatible with the GNU General Public License and will thus
prevent many free and open-source software projects from using the
formats, community officials say.

“In addition, a leading patent official is calling into question
the validity and enforceability of the Microsoft Corp. license and
suggesting that free and open-source software developers need not
comply with its conditions…”

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