[odf-discuss] Info and comments needed for article on OpenDocument traps

[M. Fioretti]

On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 10:01:14 AM +0100, Ian Lynch (ian.lynch at zmsl.com)
wrote:

> May be some sort of icon or something for certified open - ie a
> document with this icon is no encumbered with patents.

Yes, this is the same conclusion I already arrived at when I presented
this problem here for the first time: the formal/legal solution here
is trademarks, not licenses or technical specs.

> Maybe just a green version of the existing OD icon? Snag is people
> could just change icon colours unilaterally to add mischief into the
> system.

Not if it's an official trademark. That's what trademarks are for: you
can use "intel inside", for example, only when there's an Intel CPU
inside, not a compatible one.

However, defining the trademark is not what I'm after (this time, at
least). What I want to do _now_ is:

 raise awareness of the problem

 list all the ways to make a 100% ISO/IEC 26300 compliant file
 incompatible with Free Software and/or useless in the long term
 because some parts of its content are proprietary/undocumented
 formats.

Right now I am at:

formulas
macros
images and audio components 

fonts? (not sure of this)
what else?

TIA,
	Marco

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