OpenStandards.net A not-for-profit organization connecting people to open standards and the bodies that build and foster their growth.
Why There Are Not GIF Files on GNU Pages Advocates against the use of image formats that are protected by patents. Presents a brief history of the GIF format as well as its open alternatives.
Sincere Choice Intercommunication and file formats should follow standards that are sincerely open for all to implement, without royalty fees or discrimination.
The Free Standards Group A non-profit corporation to increase the use and acceptance of open source technologies through the application, development and promotion of standards.
Cover Pages: Patents and Open Standards Investigates the effects of patent proliferation and criticizes reasonable and non-discriminatory license terms (RAND) for patented technologies.
W3C Patent Policy Governs the handling of patents in the process of producing Web standards. The goal of this policy is to assure that Recommendations produced under this policy can be implemented on a Royalty-Free (RF) basis.
Build Systems, Not Companies, on Open Standards Without standards, every job is a one-off, and vendor lock-in is assured after the first project. Open standards are the beating heart of e-Business, without which concepts like intranets and business-to-business commerce would not be practical on a mass scale.
Open Data Format Initiative Initiative aiming to convince software companies to release data format documentation and to pass laws that governments can only store user data in open format. Presents its manifesto, forum, news, links to institutional resolutions.
Openformats.org Collaborative documentation projects on why use public standards and open formats and why avoid proprietary formats in data exchange.
LinuxLab - Open Standards Argues in favor of patent-free standards and suggests recommended formats for different kinds of content.
Burn All GIFs Campaign for replacing the (formerly) patent-encumbered GIF format by open standard graphics. Since the GIF formats has become patent-free, the site advocates against software patents.
Open Source versus Open Standards Draws a distinction between open source advocacies and the promotion of public standards, warning against the confusion of these two initiatives.
Open Design Alliance An association of CAD customers and vendors committed to promoting open, industry-standard formats for the exchange of CAD data. Hisotry, members, FAQ, and published papers.
Open File Format Definition Definition proposed and discussed on the Texas Open Source Initiative Mailing List, as part of an initiative to promote the use of such standards in government projects.
Open Interoperative Document Initiative Supports efforts by governments at all levels to ensure public documents are open and interoperable and thus available without the need for proprietary software. Includes resources and details of how to get involved.
