Goverment Open Standards consultation has just gone live. This is important stuff http://consultation.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/openstandards/ Please respond
Great to see they prepared their "Open Standards Open Opportunities Consultation_FINAL.pdf" In LibreOffice Would have been even better if they had uploaded the Annex A template in OpenDocument format. Regards, Jon
My comments on: Would this policy support innovation, competition and choice in delivery of government services? The policy might be gamed through production of artificial open standards- that meet the requirements of the policy but which do not have broad vendor support in that sector. An infamous example is the Office Open XML specification which enjoyed little support apart from by Microsoft and required much political wrangling to receive standards status, in which it has been alleged that ISO committee members installed with pressure from Microsoft ceased to function after the standard was ratified, causing real problems for ISO committees which then had problems reaching a full quorum for further decisions. To be simple, the open standards allow wide vendor participation are in fact a potential benefit which is actually obtained when other vendors actively and creatively participate. Office Open XML is arguably a single vendor open standard present not to deliver benefit to it's users but for it's controllers by expanding their marking to include customers requiring open standards. The policy will support innovation and competition if proper consideration is given to the use and wide support of the standard rather than just the apparent openness. Does a promise of non-assertion of a patent when used in open source software alleviate concerns relating to patents and royalty charging?(Continue reading)
Glyn Wintle <glynwintle <at> yahoo.com> > Goverment Open Standards consultation has just gone live. This is > important stuff > http://consultation.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/openstandards/ Please > respond Thanks for the alert! It closes on 3 May 2012. Could people try to remind the list and let everyone know how it's going about once a month, please? Maybe if several of us aim to, we'll manage it! Thanks, -- -- MJ Ray (slef), member of www.software.coop, a for-more-than-profit co-op. http://koha-community.org supporter, web and library systems developer. In My Opinion Only: see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html Available for hire (including development) at http://www.software.coop/
On Saturday 11 February 2012 07:01:00 MJ Ray wrote: > Thanks for the alert! It closes on 3 May 2012. Sorry about the silence over this issue so far, wheels have been turning. I will be sending an email to all UK Fellows next week asking them to get active, submit a response to the consultation, and contact their professional bodies. I'm also doing some planning with other UK NGOs to try and ensure we present a strong and consistent message / policy in our respective submissions. Out of interest the UK team doesn't use this list any more. The main channels of communication are: fellowship-uk <at> lists.fsfe.org - discussion & announcement list for UK Fellows uk <at> fsfeurope.org - private UK team list - important news etc. can be sent here Best, Sam. -- -- Sam Tuke British Team Coordinator Free Software Foundation Europe IM : samtuke <at> jabber.fsfe.org Latest UK Free Software news: uk.fsfe.org Is freedom important to you? Join the fellowship.fsfe.org
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Sam Tuke <samtuke <at> fsfe.org> > Out of interest the UK team doesn't use this list any more. The main channels > of communication are: > fellowship-uk <at> lists.fsfe.org - discussion & announcement list for UK Fellows > uk <at> fsfeurope.org - private UK team list - important news etc. can be sent here Out of interest, why is that? Ordinary free software supporters cannot join either of those lists. Don't you love us any more? Regards, -- -- MJ Ray (slef), member of www.software.coop, a for-more-than-profit co-op. http://koha-community.org supporter, web and library systems developer. In My Opinion Only: see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html Available for hire (including development) at http://www.software.coop/
On Sunday 15 April 2012 12:15:20 MJ Ray wrote: > Out of interest, why is that? Ordinary free software supporters > cannot join either of those lists. Don't you love us any more? Ordinary Free Software supporters can join the Fellowship, which I recommend. All UK Fellows are on the Fellowship-UK mailing list by default. They can also join the public discussion list (discussion <at> fsfeurope.org). This mailing list (fsfe-uk <at> gnu.org) has low traffic, and is not hosted by FSFE. FSFE loves all Free Software supporters, and tried to provide forums for communication for both Fellows and non-Fellows alike. Best, Sam. -- -- Sam Tuke British Team Coordinator Free Software Foundation Europe IM : samtuke <at> jabber.fsfe.org Latest UK Free Software news: uk.fsfe.org Is freedom important to you? Join the fellowship.fsfe.org
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> From: MJ Ray <mjr <at> phonecoop.coop> > To: fsfe-uk <at> gnu.org > Cc: > Sent: Saturday, 11 February 2012, 7:01 > Subject: Re: [Fsfe-uk] final gov consultation on Open Standards > >G lyn Wintle <glynwintle <at> yahoo.com> >> Goverment Open Standards consultation has just gone live. This is >> important stuff >> http://consultation.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/openstandards/ Please >> respond > > Thanks for the alert! It closes on 3 May 2012. Could people try to > remind the list and let everyone know how it's going about once a > month, please? Maybe if several of us aim to, we'll manage it! > > Thanks, > -- Just a reminder consultationcloses on 3 May 2012, the response must be sent in by then.
On Thu, 2012-04-26 at 15:09 +0100, Glyn Wintle wrote: > Just a reminder consultationcloses on 3 May 2012, the response must be > sent in by then. Indeed - the deadline may actually be the 1st; earlier this week the official website stated both dates. Plenty of information about the consultation, the key issues, and how to respond here: http://fsfe.org/uk/ Also a guide to the most important questions to answer here: http://fsfe.org/projects/os/uk-standards-consultation.en.html Thanks, Sam. -- -- Sam Tuke British Team Coordinator Free Software Foundation Europe IM : samtuke <at> jabber.fsfe.org Latest UK Free Software news: uk.fsfe.org Is freedom important to you? Join the fellowship.fsfe.org
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UK Government open standards consultation deadline extended 1 month due to conflict of interest row http://t.co/tNuLKNvs Original Tweet April 26, 2012 at 10:56PM On 27 April 2012 00:18, Sam Tuke <samtuke <at> fsfe.org> wrote: > On Thu, 2012-04-26 at 15:09 +0100, Glyn Wintle wrote: >> Just a reminder consultationcloses on 3 May 2012, the response must be >> sent in by then. > > Indeed - the deadline may actually be the 1st; earlier this week the > official website stated both dates. > > Plenty of information about the consultation, the key issues, and how to > respond here: > > http://fsfe.org/uk/ > > Also a guide to the most important questions to answer here: > > http://fsfe.org/projects/os/uk-standards-consultation.en.html > > Thanks, > > Sam. > -- > Sam Tuke > British Team Coordinator > Free Software Foundation Europe(Continue reading)
On Friday 27 April 2012 00:56:19 Ross Gardler wrote: > UK Government open standards consultation deadline extended 1 month > due to conflict of interest row http://t.co/tNuLKNvs Indeed - I'm curious to know more about that conflict of interest, like who knew about it before it was made public, and who forced that disclosure. Best, Sam. -- -- Sam Tuke British Team Coordinator Free Software Foundation Europe IM : samtuke <at> jabber.fsfe.org Latest UK Free Software news: uk.fsfe.org Is freedom important to you? Join the fellowship.fsfe.org
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More meetings on gov consultation on Open Standards http://consultation.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/openstandards/events/ Upcoming Events Roundtable 5: Levelling the Playing Field in the North West 29 May 3.30pm-5.30pm – Manchester An event focussed on SMEs to discuss: How would mandating open standards in government IT affect your organisation? If the government adopts open standards, will it make it easier or harder for you to do business with us – does it help level the playing field? Do you have any examples of times when the lack of open standards has acted as a barrier to you doing business with us? What might adopting open standards prevent? http://bitly.com/roundtable5 Roundtable 6: Competition and European Interaction 31 May 1.45pm-4.30pm – London (and via phone) This event will be a face-to-face meeting but will also have teleconference facilities available for those unable to join us in person. Topics for discussion include:(Continue reading)
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