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- Subject: ODF usage restrictions (?)
- Sent: 4/25/96 10:42 PM
- Received: 4/26/96 9:01 AM
- From: Dave Shaver, Dave_Shaver@astrobyte.com
- Reply-To: ODF-Interest@CILabs.ORG
- To: OpenDoc Development Framework Discussion List, ODF-Interest@CILabs.
-
- I sent out this message over a week ago, but have not heard any
- authoritative replies... anyone?
-
- - DS
-
- >Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 00:06:55 -0600
- >Reply-To: ODF-Interest@CILabs.ORG
- >Sender: owner-ODF-Interest@CILabs.ORG
- >Precedence: list
- >From: Dave_Shaver@astrobyte.com (Dave Shaver)
- >To: OpenDoc Development Framework Discussion List <ODF-Interest@CILabs.ORG>
- >Subject: ODF usage restrictions
- >Mime-Version: 1.0
- >
- > The ODF documentation, when last I read it, contained the caveat that
- >ODF could be used with no restrictions as long as it was for Macintosh or
- >Windows development. I am not sure if this has been brought up before, but
- >I personally don't want any restrictions on what operating systems I am
- >able to port to in the future (as long as I'm willing to do the work to
- >port the framework to another operating system, I should be able to use
- >it).
- >
- > Effectively, adoption of ODF for a project will lead to code which has
- >ODF code and concepts intrinsically embedded within it. This would make for
- >an _extremely_ unpleasant rewrite if one had to port to an environment
- >within which use of ODF was not allowed -- porting the framework ourselves
- >would actually be a more pleasant prospect.
- >
- > Is there any way we can get blanket approval for use of ODF on all
- >platforms? (if not, why not, and exactly what guarantees _do_ we have?)
- >
- >Thanks,
- >
- >----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- >David Shaver http://www.astrobyte.com
- >Astrobyte R&D ftp://ftp.astrobyte.com
- >
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