[LAU] Proposal: OpenDAWS (long)

[Nick Copeland]

>I really can't figure out your motives here.

I can neither figure out yours. Two days ago you put down a request to put 
together an open specification stating that it already existed, and refered 
them to a consortium standard that depends on a MicroSoft license. Why would 
you want to stifle open development?

>My most optimistic guess is that you read some outdated text on a website 
>and got all pissed at the whole idea.

I read the license agreements on the AAF site, this is not 'a' website, it 
is that of the body authorising the specification you suggest the open 
source community adopt. If these are outdated text then perhaps the very 
authority should be pressurised, however I have a feeling their information 
might just be up to date. That license states that distribution requires 
that their license be signed, and another license from MicroSoft stating:

"Microsoft's Structure Storage file format as REQUIRED in the AAF 
specfication."

Why can't you perhaps accept that you cannot foist this as a open source 
standard. If you wish to implement then you are free to do so, but if you 
want to suggest it be that used as an open source alternative then can you 
expect to do that and not have some degree of contestation?

Until there is something on that site to suggest that the licensing be a 
little more open then perhaps the community might not be expected to accept 
this. This may be the case with the pending XML format although the is no 
such indication.

Regards.

n.

>
> > Based on the apparant hype surrounding the XML format then perhaps the
> > MS license is not longer a requirement, since the microsoft document on
> > states that the SSL license code is a requirement of any AAF 
>implementation
> > to that date, potentially not in subsequent releases?
>
>As stated above, there is no reason to use any MS code or agree to any
>MS license in order to use the AAF SDK at this time.
>
>--p
>
>
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