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 (formerly) patent-encumbered GIF format by open standard graphics. Since the GIF formats has become patent-free, the site advocates against software patents.
Death to Proprietary Word Formats
Argues in favor of using HTML instead of proprietary word formats.
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.
LinuxLab - Open Standards
Argues in favor of patent-free standards and suggests recommended formats for different kinds of content.
Streaming media: A case for open standards
Benefits of the development of open specifications for audio and video formats. By Rich Mavrogeanes.
We Can Put an End to Word Attachments - A Discussion
Forum on Richard Stallman's document against file exchange in proprietary format.
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 Standards Repository
Archive of standards relevant to the Open Source community, including licenses, public standards, protocols, RFCs.
Open Standards: Principles and Practice
Illustrates the principles behind format standardization and the practice of promoting formats interoperability.
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.
Sincere Choice
Intercommunication and file formats should follow standards that are sincerely open for all to implement, without royalty fees or discrimination.
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.
Software Standards versus Protocol Standards
How open standards may help mitigate or prevent "customer lock-in" strategies.
Attachments in Proprietary Formats Considered Harmful
Explains the risks of exchanging data in non-public format and suggests the main alternatives.
The Principles of Open Standards
Ken Krechmer analyzes the distinct issues behind advocacy for non-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.
Content Management and Edit Data Exchange
Article on formats interoperability in audio and video content.
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.
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.
We Can Put an End to Word Attachments
Richard Stallman's arguments against the use of proprietary formats in document exchange.
MS-Word Is Not a Document Exchange Format
Explains the appropriate use of document formats and argues against the use of Word attachments.
Openformats.org
Collaborative documentation projects on why use public standards and open formats and why avoid proprietary formats in data exchange.
OpenStandards.net
A not-for-profit organization connecting people to open standards and the bodies that build and foster their growth.
Business Case for Open Standards
Paper investigating economical issues related to the diffusion of public standards.
No Proprietary Binary Data Formats
Why not use proprietary formats and what are the main open alternatives.
Why Not Word!
Why not using Word, Excel or any other proprietary format to communicate.
Open Standards-The Only Option
Internet technologies and the economical challenge of open protocols.
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.
Open Standards
What is a standard, what is an open standard, and why use open standards on the Internet.
Cover Pages: Patents and Open Standards
Investigates the effects of patent proliferation and criticizes reasonable and non-discriminatory license terms (RAND) for patented technologies.
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