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Hopefully, this quote from the article: A significant and highly touted feature of the new beta version of Zotero, however, is its ability to convert - in direct violation of the License Agreement - Thomson's 3,500 plus proprietary .ens style files within the EndNote Software into free, open source, easily distributable Zotero .csl files isn't quite this straightforward. While reverse engineering the .ens style files really isn't that big of a deal (this kind of reverse engineering is generally legally permitted), utilizing the collected knowledge-base from an End-note application is. I've run into this in the past with other software that I've worked on -- there is a good deal of legal tiptoeing that often needs to be done when you are building software that will essentially bird dog another (proprietary) application's knowledge-base. --TR > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > wally grotophorst > Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 12:09 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [CODE4LIB] Zotero under attack > > http://www.courthousenews.com/2008/09/17/Reuters_Says_George_Mason_Univ > ersity_Is_Handing_Out_Its_Proprietary_Software.htm > > I guess stuff like this is what gives me that anti-corporate bias...