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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.
http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~chak/email.html
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Avoid E-Mail Attachments, Especially Microsoft Word
Short document with instructions to MS-Word users on alternatives they can use for document exchange.
http://bcn.boulder.co.us/~neal/attachments.html
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Burn All GIFs
Campaign for replacing the patent-encumbered GIF format by open standard graphics.
http://burnallgifs.org
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Business Case for Open Standards
Paper investigating economical issues related to the diffusion of public standards.
http://www.openstandards.net/viewOSnet1C.jsp?showModuleName=businessCaseForOpenStandards
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Cover Pages: Patents and Open Standards
Investigates the effects of patent proliferation and criticizes reasonable and non-discriminatory license terms (RAND) for patented technologies.
http://xml.coverpages.org/patents.html
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Death to Proprietary Word Formats
Argues in favor of using HTML instead of proprietary word formats.
http://homepages.borland.com/ccalvert/Opinion/WordFormats.html
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LinuxLab - Open Standards
Argues in favor of patent-free standards and suggests recommended formats for different kinds of content.
http://linuxlab.dk/openstandards/
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MS-Word Is Not a Document Exchange Format
Explains the appropriate use of document formats and argues against the use of Word attachments.
http://www.goldmark.org/netrants/no-word/attach.html
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No Proprietary Binary Data Formats
Why not use proprietary formats and what are the main open alternatives.
http://www.podval.org/%7Esds/data.html
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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.
http://odfi.org/
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Open Standards
What is a standard, what is an open standard, and why use open standards on the Internet.
http://www.wigglebits.com/standards.html
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Open Standards Repository
Archive of standards relevant to the Open Source community, including licenses, public standards, protocols, RFCs.
http://openstandards.org/
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Open Standards: Principles and Practice
Illustrates the principles behind format standardization and the practice of promoting formats interoperability.
http://perens.com/OpenStandards/Definition.html
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Sincere Choice
Intercommunication and file formats should follow standards that are sincerely open for all to implement, without royalty fees or discrimination.
http://sincerechoice.org/
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The Principles of Open Standards
Ken Krechmer analyzes the distinct issues behind advocacy for non-proprietary formats.
http://www.csrstds.com/openstds.html
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We Can Put an End to Word Attachments
Richard Stallman's arguments against the use of proprietary formats in document exchange.
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
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Why Not Word!
Why not using Word, Excel or any other proprietary format to communicate.
http://www.rfc1149.net/documents/whynotword.html.en
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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.
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/gif.html
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