Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 06:33:00 +1100 (EST) From: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> To: rb@gid.co.uk (Bob Bishop) Cc: jb@cimlogic.com.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, terry@lambert.org Subject: Re: MIME applications for FreeBSD Message-ID: <199702131933.GAA01212@freebsd1.cimlogic.com.au> In-Reply-To: <l03020903af28aac879f3@[194.32.164.2]> from Bob Bishop at "Feb 13, 97 11:32:49 am"
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Bob Bishop wrote: > At 8:38 am -0000 13/2/97, John Birrell wrote: > >[...] > >We are prevented from reverse engineering by the licence for msword > >(I guess, since other MS products have that clause). MS is unlikely > >to publicly document Word file format. [etc] > > They certainly don't seem to. Maybe reverse engineering is unnecessary: > WordPad groks Word 6 format, and the source is in among the samples on the > MSVC4.2 CD. What are the licence restrictions on that source and things derived from it? > Bob Bishop (0118) 977 4017 international code +44 118 > rb@gid.co.uk fax (0118) 989 4254 between 0800 and 1800 UK -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@netbsd.org CIMlogic Pty Ltd, 119 Cecil Street, South Melbourne Vic 3205, Australia Tel +61 3 9690 6900 Fax +61 3 9690 6650 Mob +61 418 353 137
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