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    Prominent legal counsel the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) said that the legal terms covering Microsoft's Open XML document formats pose patent risk to free and open-source software developers.

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    The company will sponsor an open-source project to create converter between Ecma Open XML and Chinese standard as well as new ODF converters.

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    Users of DSpace, the open source archiving tool, will receive help and support via a not-for-profit organisation set up by the creators of the tool, MIT and Hewlett-Packard.

  • Microsoft accuses IBM of OOXML smear campaign

    Microsoft executives have accused IBM of single-handedly leading an effort to block the software giant from having its Office Open XML standard approved by the International Standards Organisation (ISO).

  • Microsoft criticised for Open XML petition

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    Microsoft says it's opening its Office desktop software by adding support for XML--a move that should help companies free up access to shared information. But there's a catch: It has yet to disclose the underlying XML dialect.

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