Thomson suing George Mason U over Zotero
by Jason on Sep.26, 2008, under software
Reuters Says George Mason University Is Handing Out Its Proprietary Software
“Thomson Reuters demands $10 million and an injunction to stop George Mason University from distributing its new Web browser application, Zotero software, an open-source format that allows users to convert Reuters’ EndNote Software.”
I wouldn’t call that technically accurate — Zotero allows users to convert EndNote styles to use with Zotero. Is that much different from OpenOffice’s ability to read and convert Word .doc format?
They’re also claiming that GMU reverse-engineered EndNote to create Zotero, which seems silly to me, given how differently the two programs operate.
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Updates on the EndNote/Zotero Lawsuit | Disruptive Library Technology Jester
October 6th, 2008 on 11:43 am[...] violation of the [sitewide] License Agreement [signed by GMU].” (Note, though, as others have pointed out, Zotero is not converting EndNote Style files to Citation Style Language (CSL) files.1 It is [...]
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