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Re:Write plain text files by sgjohnson on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @01:51AM (#30524517)
> is in a proprietary format format controlled by a single company.

It's not proprietary by definition. A nightmare to implement? Yes.

But definitely not proprietary.

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Re:Write plain text files by _dain_ on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @07:50AM (#30526753)
It doesn't follow the published open spec so it is de facto proprietary.
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