but i agree...open interchange formats, whether applied to protocols or files, are great. i'd even say this is essential. otherwise....vendor lock in.
On 9/8/06, Cocoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
exactly! --->Open source program != open codec/file format. Anyway, section 11,
which ammends the Intellectual Property Code classifies protocols and
file formats as non-patentable. For "trade secrets" like
CSS-decryption, well thats another story. I guess that means the
government should encourage non-region encoded DVD video.
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that should be the very first thing on such piece of legislation. open code/open file format/open document is more important i think than an open source program. because everyone can access the same piece of information. the dnd may not want a particular source code for encryption/decryption/spying to be blatantly out in the open for national security reasons (which can be based on bsd-code or closed software) for example but it sure would be great if the document format that they use for their daily office work, can be shared with say, the department of science and technology. interoperability is much much more important in this world where everything IS shared. so it doesn't matter what platform you're on--- linux, windows, osx or whatnut version 9.0. it just works for everybody.
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