Re: Re: using PMXML as standard format for KPlato...(?)

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004, Nicolas Goutte wrote:

> To avoid a possible misunderstanding: what I mean is that if a format is 
> becoming the native format of a KOffice application we must be more careful 
> about the license of the file format than if we only want to make a filter.
> 
> (A filter can always be dropped when it is getting too hot but it is difficult 
> when it is the main file format. (For example see the (now expiring) LZW 
> patent, in GIF, TIFF and what consequences it had.))

Even if the format is a selfcreated format you should still worry about 
patent issues. Even though a format is open and free like the OASIS 
formats then they still can have patent issues. 

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