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.

Open Standards-The Only Option

Intercommunication and file formats should follow standards that are sincerely open for all to implement, without royalty fees or discrimination .

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mitigate dvi

Investigates the effects of patent proliferation and criticizes reasonable and non-discriminatory license terms (RAND) for patented technologies.

LinuxLab - Open Standards

Argues in favor of patent-free standards and suggests recommended formats for different kinds of content .How open standards may help mitigate or prevent "customer lock-in" strategies.

advocacies assured

Article on formats interoperability in audio and video content.

Open Data Format Initiative

OpenStandards.net

Forum on Richard Stallman`s document against file exchange in proprietary format.Why not using Word, Excel or any other proprietary format to communicate.

formats attachments

Open Source versus Open Standards

W3C Patent Policy

Why There Are Not GIF Files on GNU Pages

sincere interoperability

A discussion of the problems of MSWord as a document exchange format and what alternatives are available. By Rich Mavrogeanes.

Why Not Word!

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Please don`t send me Microsoft Word documents

Benefits of the development of open specifications for audio and video formats .Richard Stallman`s arguments against the use of proprietary formats in document exchange.

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A not-for-profit organization connecting people to open standards and the bodies that build and foster their growth.

dviware attachments

Open Standards: Principles and Practice

Collaborative documentation projects on why use public standards and open formats and why avoid proprietary formats in data exchange.

Software Standards versus Protocol Standards

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msword advocacies

Campaign for replacing the (formerly) patent-encumbered GIF format by open standard graphics.

Death to Proprietary Word Formats

Internet technologies and the economical challenge of open protocols.

interoperability sincere

A non-profit corporation to increase the use and acceptance of open source technologies through the application, development and promotion of standards.

sincere advocacies

Why not use proprietary formats and what are the main open alternatives. Presents its manifesto , forum, news, links to institutional resolutions.Archive of standards relevant to the Open Source community , including licenses, public standards, protocols, RFCs.

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Cover Pages: Patents and Open Standards

Streaming media: A case for open standards

advocacies attachments

Explains the appropriate use of document formats and argues against the use of Word attachments.

The Principles of Open Standards

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MS-Word Is Not a Document Exchange Format

What is a standard, what is an open standard, and why use open standards on the Internet.Governs the handling of patents in the process of producing Web standards.

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Burn All GIFs

The Free Standards Group

Advocates against the use of image formats that are protected by patents.

assured discriminatory

Explains the risks of exchanging data in non -public format and suggests the main alternatives.

Content Management and Edit Data Exchange

Argues in favor of using HTML instead of proprietary word formats.Draws a distinction between open source advocacies and the promotion of public standards, warning against the confusion of these two initiatives.

ogg convince

Short document with instructions to MS-Word users on alternatives they can use for document exchange. Since the GIF formats has become patent-free, the site advocates against software patents.

No Proprietary Binary Data Formats

Open Standards Repository

We Can Put an End to Word Attachments

We Can Put an End to Word Attachments - A Discussion

openstandards sincerely

Paper investigating economical issues related to the diffusion of public standards.

Openformats.org

The goal of this policy is to assure that Recommendations produced under this policy can be implemented on a Royalty-Free (RF) basis.

openstandards proprietary

Avoid E-Mail Attachments, Especially Microsoft Word

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.Illustrates the principles behind format standardization and the practice of promoting formats interoperability.

Sincere Choice

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Attachments in Proprietary Formats Considered Harmful

Build Systems, Not Companies, on Open Standards

mitigate intercommunication

Business Case for Open Standards

Open Standards

assured msword

Presents a brief history of the GIF format as well as its open alternatives.

dviware discriminatory

Without standards, every job is a one-off, and vendor lock-in is assured after the first project. Suitable for a non-technical audience.Ken Krechmer analyzes the distinct issues behind advocacy for non-proprietary formats.

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