[Bug 57862] Unclear XSD files license

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https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=57862

--- Comment #1 from Nick Burch <ap...@gagravarr.org> ---
The XSDs, as part of the OOXML specification, are covered by the Microsoft Open
Specification Promise -
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/openspecifications/dn646765

You can find the discussions on the legal list about the licensing from back
when the OOXML support was added:
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-legal-discuss/200802.mbox/%3Calpine.LFD.1.00.0802041355590.7149@localhost.localdomain%3E

And some specific bits in this email:
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-legal-discuss/200802.mbox/%3Calpine.LFD.1.00.0802151053350.29904@localhost.localdomain%3E

Without knowing the Fedora rules on what is and isn't considered Free/Open, I
can't comment on if that's good enough for you, only that the ASF legal affairs
committee have approved them for inclusion in and distribution by an Apache
project

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