Dennis, On 13-04-12, at 20:27 , Dennis E. Hamilton <[email protected]> wrote:
> While looking around for some PDL-licensed content on www.openoffice.org, I > stumbled onto this page: <http://www.openoffice.org/product/index.html>. > > I find this statement, at the bottom of the page, quite challenging: > > • Certified by OSI(<http://opensource.org/docs/definition.php>) > as open-standard compliant, and the > first software package in the world to use OASIS OpenDocument Format > (ISO/IEC 26300) as its native file format > > Minor: The links in "OASIS OpenDocument Format (ISO/IEC 26300)" are all about > the OASIS specification and the ODF TC, not ISO/IEC 26300). > > More problematic: I don't think OSI certifies anything. It most definitely > does not certify products. > > does assess whether standards are open standards. There is an OSI web page > on Open Standards at <http://opensource.org/osr-intro>. This section > provides criteria for assessing levels of compliance by which *standards* are > deemed to be open standards. These are the requirements: > <http://opensource.org/osr/>. > > There is apparently not any record of OSI having certified any standards as > OSR Conformant. I also have no idea whether OASIS International has > self-certified the OASIS OpenDocument standard(s) as OSR Compatible. I am > reasonably confident that ISO/IEC JTC1 has done no such thing with respect to > International Standard 26300:2006. > > I hesitate to touch that page. I think it is fine to say this much: > > • The first software package in the world to support as its native > format the OASIS Standard Open Document Format for Office Applications and > the corresponding International Standard, ISO/IEC 26300:2006. > > Unless there is an authoritative reference to ODF being established as either > OSR Conformant or OSR Compatible, I would leave that alone. The fact that > Apache OpenOffice is open source under an OSI accepted license should be good > enough, after all. Agreed. The OSI has undergone some significant changes over the years but this is now and it would seem pointless, at best, to retain a probably wrong or misleading statement, anyway. > > - Dennis best louis --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
