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Subject: Re: [office] SC34 Ballot N1414 "New Work Item Proposal on Document Packaging"
On 5 June 2010 17:51, <robert_weir@us.ibm.com> wrote: > Dave Pawson <dave.pawson@gmail.com> wrote on 06/05/2010 03:44:27 AM: > >> >> Re: [office] SC34 Ballot N1414 "New Work Item Proposal on Document > Packaging" >> >> On 4 June 2010 21:21, Thorsten Behrens <tbehrens@novell.com> wrote: >> >> > Surely the work item proposal asks for an _independent_ standard? Or >> > am I getting you wrong here? >> >> No, that is the focus of the work. Wouldn't expect Rob to have >> understood that, but it is key. >> >> "... how is it possible to readily create a perfectly interoperable >> version of ZIP without infringing PKWARE's copyright? For all these >> reasons it seems that the proposal brings the risk of a legal >> challenge." >> >> That is just a little key to this. >> > > > I think I've been perfectly consistent on this. I do not favor taking a > single vendor's technology and turning it into an ISO standard. I didn't think you understood it Rob. Read Thorstens email again. regards -- Dave Pawson XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. Docbook FAQ. http://www.dpawson.co.uk
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