Microsoft has assured coders that its Open Specification Promise a pledge it won't sue developers using OOXML will apply to future versions of the document format.
Microsoft has struck out at the Software Freedom Law Centre's (SFLC) claims that its Open Specification Promise is not as open as it should be.
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.
Microsoft has been accused of publishing "incomplete" specifications for its Office file format binaries.
Microsoft is making it easier to access the technical documentation for its older Office binary document formats and will sponsor an open source project to map those binary formats to Open XML.
Developers wanting to use Microsoft's Office Open XML specification will need to brush up on their legal skills.
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