Re: [Fwd: [Patents] MS Office 2003 XML patented]

From: Rui Miguel Seabra (rms_at_1407.org)
Date: Wed Nov 19 2003 - 04:06:26 EST

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    On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 15:35, Jim Hodapp wrote:
    > > The thread I initiated affects us directly, as a project that "requires"
    > > import/export to Microsoft Word, but abiword-dev is not the proper place
    > > for copyright, or patent or trademark general discussion.
    > Sorry but says who? If this stuff is even remotely related to issues
    > surrounding Abiword then this is the right place in my opinion. If it
    > means that talking about general copyright, patent or general trademark
    > discussion is in order, then it is not off topic in the least bit. How
    > can one have a complete discussion of something while saying certain
    > aspects are off topic?

    That is why I said: (...) general discussion.
    In what it relates to AbiWord development, it is my opinion that we
    should be actively aware of these issues.

    But those kinds of issues are very general, and not best suited for this
    mailing list, when there are much better ones for that effect, like
    patents_at_aful.org for instance, where you have many intelligent people
    and much better informed to help clear anyone's doubts.

    Hugs, Rui

    -- 
    + No matter how much you do, you never do enough -- unknown
    + Whatever you do will be insignificant,
    | but it is very important that you do it -- Gandhi
    + So let's do it...?
    

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