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> From: Richard M Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
> CC: tealeg@member.fsf.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:21:20 -0400
> 
>     Why not?  I thought a format was only bad if its details were kept
>     secret.
> 
> A format is bad if it pressures people into use of non-free software.
> Secrecy is one reason that might happen, but patents are another.
> Rapid changes by a company are another.  Those two both apply to Flash.

Are there pattern issues with MS Word format?  And if so, how come
OpenOffice handles it without risking litigation?