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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.
http://burnallgifs.org/archives/
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Content Management and Edit Data Exchange
Article on formats interoperability in audio and video content.
http://www.edlmax.com/ContentManagement.htm
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Open Design Alliance
An association of CAD customers and vendors committed to promoting open, industry-standard formats for the exchange of CAD data. Hisotry, members, FAQ, and published papers.
http://www.opendesign.com/
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Open Standards - The Only Option
Internet technologies and the economical challenge of open protocols.
http://www.sdtimes.com/content/article.aspx?ArticleID=25695
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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.
http://en.nothingisreal.com/wiki/Please_don%27t_send_me_Microsoft_Word_documents
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Open Media Now! Foundation
Supports free ways to create, to distribute and display digital content by actively developing cross-platform solutions, such as Gnash.
http://www.openmedianow.org/
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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.
http://news.cnet.com/2010-1071-995823.html
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Streaming media: A case for open standards
Benefits of the development of open specifications for audio and video formats. By Rich Mavrogeanes.
http://news.cnet.com/2010-1025_3-5099118.html
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Linux Standard Base
The goal of the Linux Standard Base (LSB) is to develop and promote a set of standards that will increase compatibility among Linux distributions and enable software applications to run on any compliant Linux system.
http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/LSB
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Software versus Protocol (or file format) Standards
Essay by Erik Fair explaining how open standards may help mitigate or prevent "customer lock-in" strategies.
http://www.clock.org/~fair/opinion/open-standards.html
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