Naš rad
Otvoreni standardi
Otvoreni standardi omogućuju slobodno dijeljenje raznih podataka s visokim stupnjem
vjernosti standarda. Onemogućuju stvaranje zavisnosti i drugih umjetnih granica
prema interoperabilnosti te promiču izbor između proizvođača i tehnoloških
rješenja. FSFE-ov rad na otvorenim standardima ima za cilj pobrinuti se
da prelazak na slobodan softver ili između rješenja u slobodnom softveru
bude jednostavan.
Uvod
Važnost otvorenih standarda usko je vezana za efekt
umrežavanja i zbog toga drastično raste. Nagrada za vlasničke
proizvođače za izigravanje sustava raste kao i
trošak za korisnike softvera.
Vlade i nevladine organizacije od javnog interesa uključujući
grupe koje se brinu o slobodi natjecanja ili prava potrošača
općenito su glasni zagovornici otvorenih standarda. Uobičajeni
kritičari su proizvođači vlasničkog softvera i zastupnici njihovih
interesa. Jedna od stvari koju kritičari često žele istaći je
inherentan sukob između inovacije i standardizacije.
Standardizacija namjerno ograničava promjene u tehnološkoj
osnovi uključujući i inovacije. Ova su ograničenja uvedena kako
bi omogućila naknadne inovacije od bilo koje strane koja ima
pristup standardu, a ne samo strani koja kontrolira tehnološku
osnovu. Stoga standardi ograničavaju mogućnost inovacije jedne
strane kako bi na osnovi standarda omogućili inovacije više
različitih strana.
Otvoreni standardi svima omogućuju takve
inovacije u kojima inicijalni razvijatelj platforme ne može
ograničiti druge u inovaciji ili natjecanju.
FSFE-ovi ciljevi uključuju slobodu od nastajanja zavisnosti kao i
mogućnost inoviranja i natjecanja svih zainteresiranih. Zbog toga je
FSFE glasan zagovornik otvorenih standarda.
Publikacija
Publikacija na IGF-u
Publikacija o MS-OOXML-u
Povezane vijesti
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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