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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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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.
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy
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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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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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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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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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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 mas
http://www.intranetjournal.com/articles/200202/gb_02_20_02a.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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Openformats.org
Collaborative documentation projects on why use public standards and open formats and why avoid proprietary formats in data exchange.
http://www.openformats.org/
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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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