[odf-discuss] ODF adoption considered in Oregon

[marbux]

Hooray! I'm a citizen of Oregon so can influence it. But I'll point
out that the "free of legal and technical restrictions" language rules
out ODF too. Sun's covenant not to sue does restrict the right to use
ODF if the developer sues Sun for patent infringement. That's a "legal
restriction." The same defect, and others, are in the Minnesota,
Texas, and California bills.



On 3/28/07, Lars D. Noodén <lars at umich.edu> wrote:
> 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
>
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