olive <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > W > > A Word document is never Transparent. From the GFDL: > > > > A "Transparent" copy of the Document means a machine-readable copy, > > represented in a format whose specification is available to the > > general public ... > > > > The Word format specification is not available to the public. > > Word documents can be read and written by a free software whose source > code is available (openoffice). So I think that now we can say that the > specification of the Word format is available to the public, even if it > is not published by M$. (there might be an exeption for some unusual > very complex word documents not fully understandable by openoffice, but > from my experience this is only a very tiny proportion of word documents > using some special feature like macros, etc.).
Your last sentence shows that the specification is not public. That is all that is required to keep it from being Transparent. Having a tool that partially implements the spec does not completely document the spec. Cheers, Walter Landry [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
