[free-sklyarov] Is the Open Source movement at risk from the DMCA?

Jon O . jono at microshaft.org
Wed Jul 25 13:41:41 PDT 2001


Is the Open Source movement at risk from the DMCA?

Microsoft Word contains a proprietary file format. Open
Source developers often work to reverse engineer this
format in order to create compatible products. Star 
Office is a Word alternative and can read these word 
documents. Is it only a matter of time before MS says
you are circumventing a protection?

Anyone care to comment?


http://www.anti-dmca.org








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