On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 07:40:43AM -0400, David B Harris wrote: > If I develop a really spiffy document format for, say, a braille > machine, document it thoroughly and publish it, and either don't take > any patents out of it, or file one of those > strictly-prior-art-to-stop-somebody-else-from-patenting-it patents, but > my own implementation of the tools are non-Free, I don't want the file > format itself to be considered non-Free. The ability to create a Free > editor exists. No licensing fees, no patent battles, nothing.
Agreed. Which is why my WDL defines "Transparent" formats in that way :-) Rg, Wouter (who wonders whether his mail about that subject has gone unnoticed on the otherwise so active -legal) -- Wouter Verhelst Debian GNU/Linux -- http://www.debian.org Nederlandstalige Linux-documentatie -- http://nl.linux.org "Stop breathing down my neck." "My breathing is merely a simulation." "So is my neck, stop it anyway!" -- Voyager's EMH versus the Prometheus' EMH, stardate 51462.
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