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Microsoft to make an open source ODF translator

Microsoft to make an open source ODF translator

Posted Jul 6, 2006 16:49 UTC (Thu) by arcticwolf (guest, #8341)
Parent article: Microsoft to make an open source ODF translator

How much do you want to bet that the BSD license they'll use will be the one *with* the advertising clause, the one that's incompatible with the GPL?


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Microsoft to make an open source ODF translator

Posted Jul 6, 2006 17:07 UTC (Thu) by georgm (guest, #19574) [Link]

I don't think so.
AFAIK Sourceforge only hosts projects with OSI compliant license and the BSD license with advertising clause is no OSI license.

Microsoft to make an open source ODF translator

Posted Jul 6, 2006 19:44 UTC (Thu) by proski (subscriber, #104) [Link]

0 dollars 0 cents

Microsoft is a bit more "subtle". The converter requires .NET framework 2.0 and Word 2007 beta 2. Only conversion from ODF to MS Word is currently supported.

If you want your secretary with a modest Pentium MMX-166 and WinWord 6 to open ODF documents, you'll need to rewrite the whole thing.

Microsoft to make an open source ODF translator

Posted Sep 14, 2006 10:38 UTC (Thu) by rovfrukt (guest, #6353) [Link]

Don't you scorn the power of MMX!

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