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- Attachments
in Proprietary Formats Considered Harmful
Explains the risks of exchanging data in non-public
format and suggests the main alternatives.
- Avoid
E-Mail Attachments, Especially Microsoft Word
Short document with instructions to MS-Word
users on alternatives they can use for document
exchange.
- Burn
All GIFs
Campaign for replacing the patent-encumbered
GIF format by open standard graphics.
- Content
Management and Edit Data Exchange
Article on formats interoperability in audio
and video content.
- Cover
Pages: Patents and Open Standards
Investigates the effects of patent proliferation
and criticizes reasonable and non-discriminatory
license terms (RAND) for patented technologies.
- Death
to Proprietary Word Formats
Argues in favor of using HTML instead of proprietary
word formats.
- The
Free Standards Group
A non-profit corporation to increase the use
and acceptance of open source technologies
through the application, development and promotion
of standards.
- LinuxLab
- Open Standards
Argues in favor of patent-free standards and
suggests recommended formats for different
kinds of content.
- MS-Word
Is Not a Document Exchange Format
Explains the appropriate use of document formats
and argues against the use of Word attachments.
- No
Proprietary Binary Data Formats
Why not use proprietary formats and what are
the main open alternatives.
- Open
Data Format Initiative
Initiative aiming to convince software companies
to release data format documentation and to
pass laws that governments can only store
user data in open format. Presents its manifesto,
forum, news, links to institutional resolutions.
- Open
File Format Definition
Definition proposed and discussed on the Texas
Open Source Initiative Mailing List, as part
of an initiative to promote the use of such
standards in government projects.
- Open
Software and Open Standards in South Africa
Document discussing the nature and impact
of open source software and public standards
and recommendations for South Africa.
- Open
Source versus Open Standards
Draws a distinction between open source advocacies
and the promotion of public standards, warning
against the confusion of these two initiatives.
- Open
Standards
What is a standard, what is an open standard,
and why use open standards on the Internet.
- Open
Standards: Principles and Practice
Illustrates the principles behind format standardization
and the practice of promoting formats interoperability.
- Open
Standards Repository
Archive of standards relevant to the Open
Source community, including licenses, public
standards, protocols, RFCs.
- OpenStandards.net
A not-for-profit organization connecting people
to open standards and the bodies that build
and foster their growth.
- Plaintext
In praise of practical e-mail hygiene and
against attachments in proprietary formats.
- Please
don't send me Microsoft Word documents
A discussion of the problems of MSWord as
a document exchange format and what alternatives
are available. Suitable for a non-technical
audience.
- The
Principles of Open Standards
Ken Krechmer analyzes the distinct issues
behind advocacy for non-proprietary formats.
- Sincere
Choice
Intercommunication and file formats should
follow standards that are sincerely open for
all to implement, without royalty fees or
discrimination.
- Software
Standards versus Protocol Standards
How open standards may help mitigate or prevent
"customer lock-in" strategies.
- W3C
Patent Policy
Governs the handling of patents in the process
of producing Web standards. The goal of this
policy is to assure that Recommendations produced
under this policy can be implemented on a
Royalty-Free (RF) basis.
- We
Can Put an End to Word Attachments
Richard Stallman's arguments against the use
of proprietary formats in document exchange.
- We
Can Put an End to Word Attachments - A Discussion
Forum on Richard Stallman's document against
file exchange in proprietary format.
- Why
Not Word!
Why not using Word, Excel or any other proprietary
format to communicate.
- Why
There Are Not GIF Files on GNU Pages
Advocates against the use of image formats
that are protected by patents. Presents a
brief history of the GIF format as well as
its open alternatives.
- Business
Case for Open Standards
Paper investigating economical issues related
to the diffusion of public standards. (May
9, 2002)
- Build Systems,
Not Companies, on Open Standards
Without standards, every job is a one-off,
and vendor lock-in is assured after the first
project. Open standards are the beating heart
of e-Business, without which concepts like
intranets and business-to-business commerce
would not be practical on a mass scale. (February
20, 2002)
- Why
Open Standards Matter
Use of closed standards to prevent competition
while protecting revenue is wrong. This practice
creates artificial value at the users' expense.
(July 31, 2001)
- Open
Standards-The Only Option
Internet technologies and the economical challenge
of open protocols. (May 1, 2001)
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