Comments on: ODF Freely Available http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/03/odf-freely-available.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=odf-freely-available Thinking the unthinkable, pondering the imponderable, effing the ineffable and scruting the inscrutable Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:20:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: orcmid http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/03/odf-freely-available.html#comment-640 orcmid Sat, 24 Mar 2007 20:15:00 +0000 http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/03/odf-freely-available.html#comment-640 I read the restrictions on the use of the freely-available OSI document and decided that it was simply better to use the OASIS version, which has a much simpler copyright and use restriction (and available in an editable form). I agree that it is nice that the document is available without charge, but it isn't exactly "free." More like ick-free. <br/><br/>ECMA seems to have carved out a better deal for making ISO versions of their standards freely available as downloads. Maybe OASIS could arrange the same deal. I read the restrictions on the use of the freely-available OSI document and decided that it was simply better to use the OASIS version, which has a much simpler copyright and use restriction (and available in an editable form). I agree that it is nice that the document is available without charge, but it isn’t exactly “free.” More like ick-free.

ECMA seems to have carved out a better deal for making ISO versions of their standards freely available as downloads. Maybe OASIS could arrange the same deal.

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