SFLC: Microsoft's Open Specification Promise: No Assurance for GPL http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-46501/sflc:microsoft-s-open-specification-promise:no-assurance-for-gpl Posts in the discussion thread "SFLC: Microsoft's Open Specification Promise: No Assurance for GPL" - The Software Freedom Law Center has analyzed Microsoft's "Open Specification Promise" that accompanies OOXML and found it seriously lacking for FOSS developers. http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-46501#post-123919 SFLC: Microsoft's Open Specification Promise: No Assurance for GPL http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-46501/sflc:microsoft-s-open-specification-promise:no-assurance-for-gpl#post-123919 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:36:22 +0000 ggiedke 32664 as discussed in detail in the analysis, OSP

  • is irrevocable but only for now
  • covers specifications, not code
  • has no consistency with the GPL

http://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2008/osp-gpl.html

Groklaw has the text also and some commentary:
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080312151954507

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