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Richard M. Stallman |
Subject: |
www/philosophy microsoft-new-monopoly.html |
Date: |
Sat, 07 Jul 2007 19:54:09 +0000 |
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
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/philosophy/microsoft-new-monopoly.html,v
retrieving revision 1.12
retrieving revision 1.13
diff -u -b -r1.12 -r1.13
--- 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 “open
source”). 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>
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