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Standards Ouverts

Les Standards Ouverts permettent de partager n'importe quel type de données librement et avec une fidélité irréprochable. Ils empêchent le verrouillage et d'autres entraves artificielles à l'interopérabilité, promeuvent le choix entre différent fournisseurs et solutions technologiques. Le travail de la FSFE sur les Standards Ouverts se fixe l'objectif d'assurer que personnes n'aient à perdre toutes ses données en migrant vers les Logiciels Libres ou entre solutions de Logiciel Libre.

Introduction

Le bien-fondé des Standards Ouverts est étroitement lié aux phénomènes de réseaux, d'où son renforcement spectaculaire. La récompense des fournisseurs pour avoir faussé le jeu augmente, tout comme le coût pour les utilisateurs de logiciels.

Les gouvernements, les ONG d'intérêt public et les groupes chargés de la libre concurrence ou des droits des consommateurs sont généralement de sérieux avocats des Standards Ouverts. Les critiques habituels sont les fournisseurs de logiciels propriétaires et de leurs représentants. L'un des arguments mis en avant par les critiques est le conflit perpétuel entre innovation et normalisation.

La normalisation limite de manière délibérée les changements apportés aux fondations d'une technologie, y compris l'innovation. Ces limites sont introduites afin de rendre possible les innovations par tous ceux qui ont accès à la norme, et non plus par les seuls détenteurs de la base technologique. Ainsi, les normes restreignent la capacité d'innover d'une seule entité afin de permettre à plusieurs entités d'innover, en se fondant sur cette norme commune.

Les Standards Ouverts rendent possible une telle innovation par tous les acteurs, sans moyen pour le développeur initial de la plateforme de limiter cette innovation ni la concurrence qu'elle représente.

Les objectifs de la FSFE incluent les libertés vis-à-vis de la dépendance à un fournisseur, de l'innovation et de la libre concurrence. C'est pourquoi la FSFE est un grand défenseur des Standards Ouverts.

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FSFE responds to UK Open Standards Consultation

01 June 2012:

FSFE has submitted its response [Update: see as PDF version or HTML version] to a public consultation by the UK Government, concerning a definition of Open Standards and a policy for increasing their use in the UK's public sector. If the policy is applied boldly and proactively, the UK stands to greatly gain from increased competition in the software market, with much greater opportunities for small companies. On the other hand, even minor lapses in implementation could derail the policy entirely.

FSFE responds to UK Open Standards Consultation

01 June 2012:

FSFE has submitted its response [pdf] to a public consultation by the UK Government, concerning a definition of Open Standards and a policy for increasing their use in the UK's public sector. If the policy is applied boldly and proactively, the UK stands to greatly gain from increased competition in the software market, with much greater opportunities for small companies. On the other hand, even minor lapses in implementation could derail the policy entirely.

FSFE: NW UK businesses please tell Government that Open Standards matter

28 May 2012:

Is the Government one of your potential customers? Free Software may shortly be locked out of opportunities in the public sector if proposed Open Standards policy is adopted.

Executive summary of the EURA case

09 May 2012:

Slovak textile importer EURA Slovakia, s.r.o. is facing EUR 5600 in fines because it did not buy and use the Microsoft Windows operating system for submitting electronic tax reports. Slovak tax administration gave EURA only two options: either to buy and use Microsoft Windows or face the fines. This is also how we could briefly summarize the decision of Slovak tax administration from a few weeks ago. The administration imposed several fines on a company, EURA Slovakia, which submitted its tax reports on paper, because the use of electronic form was impossible as the state's web application worked only on the Microsoft Windows operating system. The company now plans to appeal to the court and to demand that the state stops forcing businesses to use a certain product, instead of requiring that the public administration uses a multi-platform technical solution based on Open Standards that is available for everybody.

State neglected web standards, company now faces EUR 5600 in fines

09 May 2012:

In Slovakia, a law introduced to reduce red tape has led to injustice. The state has mandated electronic means as a only way of fulfilling certain statutory obligations. However the dedicated web solution excludes some citizens from use as it is not interoperable and runs only on the software from one vendor. In absence of any non-electronic option, this means that state, in fact, prescribed the use of a certain product from a certain vendor. Who did not own the copy, had to buy one. Slovak textile importer deemed that state should not force him to use a certain software for his business and fulfilled its legal obligation by paper. Now the company faces EUR 5600 in fines.

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