SFLC: Microsoft's Open Specification Promise: No Assurance for GPL
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The Software Freedom Law Center has analyzed Microsoft's "Open Specification Promise" that accompanies OOXML and found it seriously lacking for FOSS developers.
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ggiedkeggiedke 1205354182|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

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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