Open Standards - Musharof Chy
OpenStandards.net
A not-for-profit organization connecting people to open standards and the bodies that build and fos...
Open Design Alliance
An association of CAD customers and vendors committed to promoting open, industry-standard formats ...
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 ...
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.
No Proprietary Binary Data Formats
Why not use proprietary formats and what are the main open alternatives.
Avoid E-Mail Attachments, Especially Microsoft Word
Short document with instructions to MS-Word users on alternatives they can use for document exchang...
Business Case for Open Standards
Paper investigating economical issues related to the diffusion of public standards.
Cover Pages: Patents and Open Standards
Investigates the effects of patent proliferation and criticizes reasonable and non-discriminatory l...
W3C Patent Policy
Governs the handling of patents in the process of producing Web standards. The goal of this policy ...
Attachments in Proprietary Formats Considered Harmful
Explains the risks of exchanging data in non-public format and suggests the main alternatives.
Why Not Word!
Why not using Word, Excel or any other proprietary format to communicate.