Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on June 30, 2005 06:59 AM
From the Office 2003 XML Reference Schema Patent License: "Microsoft ***may*** have patents and/or patent applications that are necessary for you to license in order to make, sell, or distribute software programs that read or write files that comply with the Microsoft specifications for the Office Schemas." (Emphasis is mine)
Clearly Microsoft don't know. How on Earth are we supposed to? The licence steadfastly refuses to identify the invention for which you have a licence: No patent numbers (pending or otherwise). You can accept this licence all you like, but in the end Microsoft can claim that you didn't have a licence over any thing it's convenient for them to disclaim.
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Re:What's patented
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on June 30, 2005 06:59 AMClearly Microsoft don't know. How on Earth are we supposed to? The licence steadfastly refuses to identify the invention for which you have a licence: No patent numbers (pending or otherwise). You can accept this licence all you like, but in the end Microsoft can claim that you didn't have a licence over any thing it's convenient for them to disclaim.
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