[ODFPlugtest] Microsoft-provided test documents

[Michiel Leenaars]

Dear all,

for those of you who did not attend the Brussels ODF Plugfest in person, but 
read the announcement on the mailing list, the set of test documents that 
Microsoft has been so kind to provide for the plugfest [1] have not yet been 
put into Officeshots.org like the other test suites we have because the 
license text seems to exclude that possibility. 

One option is to put the documents through the Officeshots.org anonymiser 
service and greek out all text before importing the test suite (which seems 
legal, assuming the technical markup itself as per the ODF specification does 
not itself carry a copyright notice). That would be a partial solution (with 
regards to validation checks) but would mean the loss of all meaningful self-
describing content. So clearly, not optimal for interop testing.

The good news is that John Philips is currenty working with the legal team at 
Microsoft to clear that non-technical barrier in a more official way. We hope 
for a quick resolution, so we can all see the results in Officeshots.org soon! 

On behalf of OpenDoc Society,
Michiel Leenaars

[1] http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/5/4/5547AE99-D04B-4DFF-
B1C8-586A7D0B454F/ODF%20File%20Format%20Test%20Files.zip