[odf-discuss] ODF adoption considered in Oregon

[Lars D. Noodén]

Andy Updegrove's blog has a note about ODF being considered in Oregon:
 	http://www.leg.state.or.us/07reg/measures/hb2900.dir/hb2920.intro.html
 	http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20070328043534903

Criteria A, (probably) B, and C rule out Ecma 376:

 	  (A) Free of legal or technical restrictions on the
 	specification's use for encoding, displaying, reading,
 	printing or storing information or data in electronic
 	form;

 	  (B) Free from a requirement to pay royalties or other
 	forms of compensation for use of the specification;

 	  (C) Developed or updated by more than one independent
 	software provider in a well-defined, inclusive process; and

The part in D, about the specification's author is worrisome, but ISO and 
OASIS get a nod:

 	  (D) Controlled or guided by the specification's author
 	or a standards organization including, but not limited to,
 	the American National Standards Institute, the
 	International Organization for Standardization and the
 	Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information
 	Standards.

-Lars

Lars Noodén
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