Disponibilização dos formatos binários do Office debaixo da OSP

Não é uma grande novidade, mas já é oficial. A partir de dia 16 de Fevereiro a Microsoft colocou a especificação do formato binário do Office (Word (.doc), Excel (.xls) e Power Point (.ppt)) disponível debaixo da OSP.

As respectivas especificações podem ser encontradas aqui: https://www.microsoft.com/interop/docs/OfficeBinaryFormats.mspx

Curiosas são as citações sobre o OSP que estão no site. Escolhi duas:

   "Red Hat believes that the text of the OSP gives sufficient flexibility to implement the listed specifications in software licensed under free and open source licenses. We commend Microsoft's efforts to reach out to representatives from the open source community and solicit their feedback on this text, and Microsoft's willingness to make modifications in response to our comments."

Mark Webbink
Deputy General Counsel
Red Hat, Inc.

"Sender authentication technologies like Sender ID are important tools that help ensure e-mail security, and by making Sender ID available under the OSP, Microsoft is addressing the interoperability needs of heterogeneous e-mail infrastructures. We're pleased to see this development and believe it's a positive step in the fight against spoofing, phishing and other categories of unwanted messaging."

Eric Allman
Chief Science Officer
Sendmail Inc.