[odf-discuss] Oregon joins to the ODF legislative club + its open standards bill

Thu Mar 29 08:43:14 EDT 2007

Hi,

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In what is beginning to seem like a legislative drumbeat, Oregon has
become the fourth US state this year to see an open document format bill
introduced in its legislature. Taken together with pioneer
Massachusetts, which led the way with an administrative rule adopted in
2005, this means that individual legislators in10% of all US States have
thus far taken steps to require that governments must be responsible
stewards of public records.
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http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20070328043534903

Let's account: Massachusetts, Minnesota, Texas, California and now
Oregon.

But only approved in Massachusetts, the other ones are still legislative
proposals if I'm not wrong.

The important issue in Oregon is that they have additionally this bill
[attached] that legislates a definition of free software and open
standards with a royalty-free clause (as must be).

Saludos,
   Alberto.

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