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A not-for-profit organization connecting people to open standards and the bodies that build and foster their growth.
www.openstandards.net
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.
www.gnu.org
We Can Put an End to Word Attachments
Richard Stallman's arguments against the use of proprietary formats in document exchange.
www.gnu.org
MS-Word Is Not a Document Exchange Format
Explains the appropriate use of document formats and argues against the use of Word attachments.
www.goldmark.org
Open Standards: Principles and Practice
Illustrates the principles behind format standardization and the practice of promoting formats interoperability.
perens.com
Intercommunication and file formats should follow standards that are sincerely open for all to implement, without royalty fees or discrimination.
sincerechoice.org
No Proprietary Binary Data Formats
Why not use proprietary formats and what are the main open alternatives.
www.podval.org
Avoid E-Mail Attachments, Especially Microsoft Word
Short document with instructions to MS-Word users on alternatives they can use for document exchange.
bcn.boulder.co.us
Archive of standards relevant to the Open Source community, including licenses, public standards, protocols, RFCs.
openstandards.org
Business Case for Open Standards
Paper investigating economical issues related to the diffusion of public standards.
www.openstandards.net
Cover Pages: Patents and Open Standards
Investigates the effects of patent proliferation and criticizes reasonable and non-discriminatory license terms (RAND) for patented technologies.
xml.coverpages.org
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.
www.w3.org
Attachments in Proprietary Formats Considered Harmful
Explains the risks of exchanging data in non-public format and suggests the main alternatives.
www.cse.unsw.edu.au
Why not using Word, Excel or any other proprietary format to communicate.
www.rfc1149.net
Death to Proprietary Word Formats
Argues in favor of using HTML instead of proprietary word formats.
homepages.borland.com