Re: GNOME strongly supports open standards including OpenDocument Format

[Tristan Van Berkom <tristan van berkom gmail com>]

Andrew Sobala wrote:
[...]
> Is it? What are we actually talking about?
>
> The original referenced e-mail 
> (http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2005-November/msg00177.html) 
> is a technical opinion on how to make open standards as useful as 
> possible in providing cross-platform/cross-desktop integration.
>
> While I agree that lobbying individuals and governments to use open 
> standards (especially in their interactions with the outside world, ie. 
> file formats and network protocols) is a laudable one, I do not feel 
> that was the main thrust of Federico's e-mail.

Agreed.

> I may be alone, but I feel this thread may be in need of some 
> clarification.

Lets not split hairs here, whether Federico's e-mail in the
election campaign had anything to do with lobbying individuals
and governments to use open standards or not is irrelevent;

Anne's original email [1] proposes that we put something up
on gnome.org about GNOME's position on open standards
(also possibly a press release).

Personally I think that its our duty, as developers of free
software; to make clear to GNOME users (corporate or private)
what that position is.


Regards,
                             -Tristan

[1] http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2005-December/msg00052.html