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Is it illegal to run a Microsoft Office web based front end? Install a copy of Office 2010 and have it scripted to open and export files.
by frozenport 14y ago
Is it illegal to run a Microsoft Office web based front end? Install a copy of Office 2010 and have it scripted to open and export files.
- mongol 14y agoIt is not illegal but violates the license
- carlospaulino 14y agoCan you expand more on this ?
- ams6110 14y agoProbably meaning it is not illegal in the criminal sense but violates the terms of the license (which is a civil/contract law issue).
- dutchbrit 14y agoWhy use MS Office for that? I've built a file sharing site that uses LibreOffice amongst others to convert files to mobile and tablet friendly previews. Best part of LibreOffice? 1) It's fast 2) You can call it via a simple command to convert a file to another format. So easy as 1 2 3 to integrate in your code. Convert to HTML, PDF, whatever, you name it :) 3) It's free Also, just check out pandoc. You'll love it. Abiword works too. #pandoc -o output.html input.txt #abiword --to=doc filename.odt I'll be opening an API soon :)