From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,666bab5bfbdf30c2 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,UTF8 Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!feeder2.cambriumusenet.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!194.109.133.84.MISMATCH!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!gegeweb.org!aioe.org!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?Yannick_Duch=C3=AAne_=28Hibou57?= =?utf-8?Q?=29?= Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Generating PDFs with Ada Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 23:05:22 +0100 Organization: Ada @ Home Message-ID: References: <4d2908c7$0$22120$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net> <9f23e50a-2c2c-4ccc-bd56-f6ffdc6c7ee7@37g2000prx.googlegroups.com> <82aaj73jsr.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <9600f7e1-496b-4232-a5b8-50bc97d8dd7a@g26g2000vbi.googlegroups.com> <87tyhfgu5y.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: XQBzyQfeBLgc2RJf6Vcdrg.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 User-Agent: Opera Mail/11.00 (Win32) Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:16378 Date: 2011-01-11T23:05:22+01:00 List-Id: Le Tue, 11 Jan 2011 21:47:58 +0100, Adam Beneschan a = =C3=A9crit: > So what? Does "being a proponent of Ada" necessarily imply "being a > proponent of users ditching all their proprietary, non-ISO, non-open > stuff and changing their entire computing environment to fit some > 'openness' paradigm"? I sure don't see it. Yes. > http://www.microsoft.com/interop/docs/officebinaryformats.mspx Good, this leads me to this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff381461.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd208104.aspx Mmmh, this, should not be missed: > Microsoft Open Specification Promise > Published: September 12, 2006 | Updated: February 1, 2007 > -- > Microsoft irrevocably promises not to assert any Microsoft Necessary > Claims against you for making, using, selling, offering for sale, > importing or distributing any implementation to the extent it > conforms to a Covered Specification (=E2=80=9CCovered Implementation=E2= =80=9D), > subject to the following. This is a personal promise directly from > Microsoft to you, and you acknowledge as a condition of benefiting > from it that no Microsoft rights are received from suppliers, > distributors, or otherwise in connection with this promise. If you > file, maintain or voluntarily participate in a patent infringement > lawsuit against a Microsoft implementation of such Covered > Specification, then this personal promise does not apply [...] Source: http://www.microsoft.com/interop/osp/default.mspx In less words, if you want to be friend with MS, you have to not sue the= m = ;) -- = Si les chats miaulent et font autant de vocalises bizarres, c=E2=80=99es= t pas pour = les chiens. =E2=80=9CI am fluent in ASCII=E2=80=9D [Warren 2010]