| Date: | Sun, 7 Sep 2008 12:10:42 +0200 |
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| Reply-To: | Capra Hircus <capra.hircus@ORANGE.FR> |
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| Sender: | "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> |
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| From: | Capra Hircus <capra.hircus@ORANGE.FR> |
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| Organization: | les newsgroups par Orange |
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| Subject: | Re: SAS data file format ? |
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| In-Reply-To: | <57f2df76-554c-49dd-af22-1c5199dafb39@j22g2000hsf.googlegroups.com> |
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RolandRB wrote:
> On Sep 7, 2:04 am, Capra Hircus <capra.hir...@orange.fr> wrote:
>> I would like to know if the format specification for sas7bdat files is
>> available. I am currently writing some programs for statistical
>> computations, and I would like to write some code to import sas files.
>> (ultimately, it may be distributed as open source software)
>> If the format is not available, is it legal to find it on my own ?
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> Why not convert the sas7bdat datasets to transport files within SAS
> and then whatever application reads the transport files will find it
> easier? I think some people are doing some work on finding out this
> format but it seems pointless to me.
I give the reason in the answer to R. DeVenezia. ;-)
You say people try to find, does that mean it's lawful ?
I'm not an expert in software laws, and closed formats
may be a problem here.
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