Re: RTF - proprietary or open?

[Celejar <celejar@gmail.com>]

On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:27:33 +0300
ndemou@gmail.com wrote:

> On 6/25/07, David Baron <d_baron@012.net.il> wrote:
> > > I'm using Abiword, which recommends using RTF for document exchange
> > > with non-Abi users.  I'm trying to understand whether RTF is an open
> > > standard.  Wikipedia [0] claims that it's proprietary.  This article
> > > [1] points out that it has the same status as PDF.  I can't imagine
> > > that Abi would recommend a non-open standard, and even prefer it to ODF
> > > (OASIS / XML) [2].  What does it even mean for a file format to be
> > > open? That the creator can't restrict its use? That the spec has been
> > > published?
> > >
> > > [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Text_Format
> > > [1] http://www.tkachenko.com/blog/archives/000657.html
> > > [2] http://www.abisource.com/mailinglists/abiword-dev/2003/Apr/0167.html
> >
> 
> you can check these
> http://www.groklaw.net/comment.php?mode=display&sid=20061204130954610&amp;title=RTF+specification+timeline&type=article&order=&hideanonymous=0&pid=512993#c513503
> http://blogs.msdn.com/brian_jones/archive/2005/10/01/476067.aspx#476910

Look interesting.  I'll have to take a closer look.

Celejar
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