www/philosophy microsoft-new-monopoly.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       07/07/07 19:54:09

Modified files:
        philosophy     : microsoft-new-monopoly.html 

Log message:
        Link to info about patent problems with new Microsoft policy.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/microsoft-new-monopoly.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.12&r2=1.13

Patches:
Index: microsoft-new-monopoly.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/philosophy/microsoft-new-monopoly.html,v
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--- microsoft-new-monopoly.html 19 Jun 2007 00:03:00 -0000      1.12
+++ microsoft-new-monopoly.html 7 Jul 2007 19:54:05 -0000       1.13
@@ -4,10 +4,18 @@
 
 <!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
    
-<h2>Microsoft's New Monopoly</h2>
+<h2>Microsoft's New Monopoly (July 2005)</h2>
 
 <p>by <a href="http://www.stallman.org/";><strong>Richard 
Stallman</strong></a></p>
 
+<blockquote> Note: Microsoft adopted a different policy in 2006, so the
+details discussed on this page are now only of historical significance.
+That doesn't mean the patent problem for OOXML is gone.
+<a 
href="http://www.grokdoc.net/index.php/EOOXML_objections#Patent_rights_to_implement_the_Ecma_376_specification_have_not_been_granted";>
+Microsoft's cunningly-worded new policy does give anyone clear
+permission to implement OOXML.</a>
+</blockquote>
+
 <p>European legislators who endorse software patents frequently claim
 that those wouldn't affect free software (or &ldquo;open
 source&rdquo;).  Microsoft's lawyers are determined to prove they are
@@ -25,7 +33,6 @@
 free software community will be forbidden to provide software that
 does what these users want; they will be locked in to Microsoft,
 and we will be locked out from serving them.</p>
-
 <p>Previously Microsoft tried to get its patented scheme for
 spam-blocking adopted as an Internet standard, so as to exclude free
 software from handling email. The standards committee in charge
@@ -149,7 +156,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2007/06/19 00:03:00 $
+$Date: 2007/07/07 19:54:05 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>