talks at freed.in/2008 - Open Standards, Open Society

Filed Under Talks

Organisation / Affiliation	Red Hat, IndLinux, ODF Alliance, Open Source Foundation of India, Knowledge Commons
Title of Talk	Open Standards, Open Society
Talk Abstract	The recent debate around OOXML has focused an unprecendented amount of attention around Open Standards. Standards are the first control point in a knowledge economy and control over standards is a powerful tool for extracting monopoly rent. The open standards movement aims to ensure that public data is stored in public formats and that users have the freedom to encode and decode their data. This talk will explain the implications of open standards for India and also elaborate on the policy initiatives that the ODF Alliance and the open source and free software community in India has been involved in.
Relevance to freed.in/2008	Open Standards are the foundation for any knowledge society based on digital technologies. Standards are the first control point in a knowledge economy and therefore it is essential to understand them and establish free and open standards so that we can reach a higher level where “Knowledge Shall Set You Free.”

Comments

Comments are closed.