Collaborative documentation projects on why use public standards and open formats and why avoid proprietary formats in data exchange.
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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.
Richard Stallman's arguments against the use of proprietary formats in document exchange.
Explains the appropriate use of document formats and argues against the use of Word attachments.
Illustrates the principles behind format standardization and the practice of promoting formats interoperability.
Intercommunication and file formats should follow standards that are sincerely open for all to implement, without royalty fees or discrimination.
Why not use proprietary formats and what are the main open alternatives.
Short document with instructions to MS-Word users on alternatives they can use for document exchange.
Archive of standards relevant to the Open Source community, including licenses, public standards, protocols, RFCs.
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