Perhaps one way to move forward would be to raise a defect report
against IS 26300 complaining about the schema licensing?
Yes this would be one way of ensuring it is addressed.�
But I would also be extremely reluctant to present this as a particular problem with ODF.� I just took a look at the ISO29500 schemas from the ITTF free downloadable site and I see that they have exactly the same problem.� In fact in some ways it is perhaps worse as they have no copyright statement at all on them.� Perhaps there are people who think that the absence of a copyright statement means that they are in some way public domain.� Which might be the cause of Murata-san's confusion.� But in fact, not only do you not have licence but it is also not clear who you would get a licence from.� The ECMA376 schemas are the same.
So it seems that OASIS, ECMA and ISO might be in need of some movement here.� And probably others.� Anyway, the ODF issue has been raised now on the comment list and I will raise it internally with the TC and OASIS.
Regards
Bob
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This could be
tabled for the upcoming WG6 Paris meeting. Then the formal process would
have to grind through to some solution - it's going to take lawyers,
rather than us techies, to sort it out so I suspect the impetus of a
formal process is needed to get action.