[od-discuss] OD v2 accepts Excel as OpenData?!???

Wed Oct 8 18:52:26 UTC 2014

On 10/7/2014 9:42 AM, Rufus Pollock wrote:
>
>> - Is the push for open (document) standards related to but separate from
>> the open definition?
>>
>
On 7 October 2014 23:49, Paul Norman <penorman at mac.com> wrote:

>  I think there's three distinct items here
>
> - Open licenses
> - Open formats
> - Open access
>

I agree that these are conceptually distinct items but they are causally
related, the objective is open access (writ large) and the means are open
licences and open formats.

I understand the definition to stipulate that the necessary means to ensure
open access are (1) open licences and (2) open formats or the functional
equivalent of open formats.
If either is not present then the work is not open.

>
> Given that the summation, conformant license page, and license approval
> process all are focused on the license, not the work, it seems odd to be
> worried about file formats at all.

I don't agree, both legal and technical openess are required for people to
be able to share, use etc a work. This is the logic that makes open source
software require that the source be open. For some of us 'code is law'.

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