Comments on: ODF, New OpenOffice.org off to a Great Start, Despite Novell’s ‘Sabotage’ Attempts http://techrights.org/2008/10/14/openofficeorg-great-start/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2008/10/14/openofficeorg-great-start/comment-page-1/#comment-27649 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:01:53 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/10/14/openofficeorg-great-start/#comment-27649 This is ancient and the experience since it happened surely shows that interpretation as flawed to the point of being inverted.

The more recent development revolves around the threats in May 2007 (from Microsoft against OpenOffice.org).

]]> By: OO http://techrights.org/2008/10/14/openofficeorg-great-start/comment-page-1/#comment-27647 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:55:00 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/10/14/openofficeorg-great-start/#comment-27647 Roy, I have to wonder why you are supporting Sun in all of this. Sun added OOXML import filters to OpenOffice.org 3.0, just like the ones that Novell has added in go-oo. Sun also has a patent agreement with Microsoft that is virtually identical to the one that Novell has.

Microsoft and Sun Microsystems Enter Broad Cooperation Agreement; Settle Outstanding Litigation
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2004/apr04/04-02SunAgreementPR.mspx
“The parties have agreed to a broad covenant not to sue with respect to all past patent infringement claims they may have against each other. The agreement also provides for potential future extensions of this type of covenant. The two companies have also agreed to embark on negotiations for a patent cross-license agreement between them.”

OpenOffice: A legal Trojan horse–but for whom?
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-138515.html
“Bishop reached his conclusion after an examination of a document called the Limited Patent Convenant and Stand-Still Agreement that was recently filed by Sun with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The document included previously undisclosed text from the legal agreements that codify Microsoft and Sun’s recently forged partnership — text that results in significant legal protection for customers of StarOffice, but that explicitly denies that same protection to users of OpenOffice.”

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