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2007-10-25

South Africa adopts ODF as govt standard

" - it should be maintained by a non-commercial organization
- participation in the ongoing development work is based on decision-making processes that are open to all interested parties.
- open access: all may access committee documents, drafts and completed standards free of cost of for a negligible fee.
- It must be possible for everyone to copy, distribute and use the standard free of cost
- the intellectual rights required to implement the standard (eg essential patent claims) are irrevocably available, without royalties attached.
- There are no reservations regarding the reuse of the standard.
- There are multiple implementations of the standard."

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