Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S272059AbTGYNI7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jul 2003 09:08:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S272060AbTGYNI6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jul 2003 09:08:58 -0400 Received: from smtp-105-friday.noc.nerim.net ([62.4.17.105]:2573 "EHLO mallaury.noc.nerim.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S272059AbTGYNIv (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jul 2003 09:08:51 -0400 To: Samium Gromoff Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Switching to the OSL License, in a dual way. Mail-Copies-To: nobody References: <87ispr7xwp.wl%deepfire@ibe.miee.ru> From: kilobug@freesurf.fr (=?iso-8859-1?q?Ga=EBl_Le_Mignot?=) Organization: HurdFr - http://hurdfr.org X-PGP-Fingerprint: 1F2C 9804 7505 79DF 95E6 7323 B66B F67B 7103 C5DA Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 15:27:34 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87ispr7xwp.wl%deepfire@ibe.miee.ru> (Samium Gromoff's message of "Fri, 25 Jul 2003 13:34:14 +0400") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1208 Lines: 29 >> And MS Word allows to export data in plain text or html. But it's >> still allowed to reverse MS Word to make a .doc import/export plugin >> for OpenOffice or Abiword. >> >> This is exactly the same. As long as there is a data format or a >> protocol involved, European laws allow users to reverse engineer it, >> to be able to create another program using the same format and >> protocols. > Please stop pissing off Larry and spread FUD. > Go help Tom Lord to write arch instead. So people from Abiword or OpenOffice.org should stop pissing off Bill and should work on LaTeX instead of trying to make a good .doc import/export filter ? -- Gael Le Mignot "Kilobug" - kilobug@nerim.net - http://kilobug.free.fr GSM : 06.71.47.18.22 (in France) ICQ UIN : 7299959 Fingerprint : 1F2C 9804 7505 79DF 95E6 7323 B66B F67B 7103 C5DA Member of HurdFr: http://hurdfr.org - The GNU Hurd: http://hurd.gnu.org - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/