[Discussioni] Office XML, aperto veramente?

Francesco Potorti` pot a potorti.it
Mar 1 Feb 2005 08:48:48 CET


>Under the patent license for the Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas,
>Microsoft offers royalty-free rights both to its issued patents and
>patents that may be issued in the future as an outcome of the patent
>process.

E questo va bene, giusto?

>Q.	If Microsoft obtains a patent for the Office 2003 XML Reference
>Schemas, does that in any way affect the royalty-free license?
>A.	No, the license is unaffected. Under the patent license for the
>Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas, Microsoft offers royalty-free
>rights both to its issued patents and patents that may be issued in
>the future.

E pure questo va bene, no?

>Perņ non č possibile ignorare questo:
>
>Q.	Is Microsoft committed to making any future updates to the Office
>2003 XML Reference Schemas available under the same terms and
>conditions as the licenses offered on November 17, 2003?
>A.	Yes. Microsoft is committed to making updates to the Office 2003
>XML Reference Schemas available under the same terms and conditions as
>the licenses offered on November 17, 2003. At the same time, Microsoft
>reserves the right to change its policy and/or the terms of the
>licenses with respect to future versions of Office.

Questo non č diverso da qualunque programma da cui fai una derivazione o
libreria che tu possa usare: l'autore, per le future versioni, puņ
decidere di fare cosa vuole e cambiare i termini di licenza.  Certo, qui
č Microsoft e questo schema mi pare che abbia tutte le carte in regola
per diventare uno standard, ma se davvero prende piede con prodotti non
MS, allora ogni tentativo di cambiarne unilateralmente specifiche e
termini di licenza significa rischiare un fork.



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