[FSF] Why I'm rejecting your email attachment: for freedom and the good of the web!

Mario Spinthiras spinthiras.mario at gmail.com
Wed Mar 31 11:38:28 BST 2010


It sounds like an excuse to be counterproductive. Can you imagine if that
document is your salary raise form that must be signed? Or your exam
results? =)

Maz.

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Savvas Radevic <vicedar at gmail.com> wrote:

> Here's a way to support open document formats. :)
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Danny Piccirillo <danny.piccirillo at ubuntu.com>
> Date: 31 March 2010 07:01
> Subject: Fwd: [FSF] Why I'm rejecting your email attachment: for
> freedom and the good of the web!
> To: Ubuntu local community team contacts
> <loco-contacts at lists.ubuntu.com>, Ubuntu Massachusetts Local Community
> Team <ubuntu-us-ma at lists.ubuntu.com>, L-blu <discuss at blu.org>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Peter Brown <info at fsf.org>
> Date: Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 21:30
> Subject: [FSF] Why I'm rejecting your email attachment: for freedom
> and the good of the web!
> To: info-fsf at gnu.org
>
>
> Why I'm rejecting your email attachment: for freedom and the good of the
> web!
>
> http://www.fsf.org/news/why-im-rejecting-your-email-attachment
>
> BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Wednesday, March 31, 2010 -- The Free
> Software Foundation (FSF) today launched a campaign calling on all
> computer users to start politely rejecting email attachments sent in
> secret and proprietary formats: for freedom and the good of the web!
>
> The campaign is in support of Document Freedom Day and the OpenDocument
> format. OpenDocument is an ISO standard that allows anyone to create
> software that supports it, without fear of patent claims or licensing
> issues. Documents, spreadsheets and presentations sent in Microsoft Word
> or Excel native formats, or documents created in Apple's iWorks, are
> proprietary and incompatible with freedom and an accessible web.
>
> "If we are serious about gaining freedom and accessibility for all users
> of technology and the web, we must demand an end to proprietary document
> formats. The best way to get started is for each of us to take
> responsibility and begin rejecting their use. OpenDocument is available
> now, as is free software such as OpenOffice.org that allows anyone to
> create OpenDocument files at no cost. If we can convince the 300 Million
> users who have already downloaded OpenOffice.org, to reject proprietary
> formats we could quickly secure a victory. Let's do this for freedom and
> the good of the web," said FSF executive director Peter Brown.
>
> The campaign highlights ways in which emails that include attachments in
> secret or proprietary formats can be politely rejected, and the issue
> explained to the sender. Users can respond individually, or email
> administrators can configure their systems to automatically reject such
> messages.
>
> FSF campaigns manager Matt Lee added, "For governments, businesses,
> archivists and others, it's critical that documents be stored in a way
> that guarantees they can be read for years to come. This hasn't been a
> problem for printed matter, but proprietary digital file formats are
> secretive by nature and get changed every few years, putting at risk
> future access to needed documents. We must ensure that documents we
> store on our computers and that are made available on the web are
> accessible regardless of what computer you use."
>
> The FSF is providing graphics that supporters can use to promote the
> campaign at http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/opendocument/spread.
>
> Reject proprietary formats and use OpenDocument:
> http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/opendocument/reject
>
> Learn about OpenDocument: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/opendocument
>
> Learn about Document Freedom Day: http://documentfreedom.org/
>
>
> About the Free Software Foundation
>
> The Free Software Foundation, founded in 1985, is dedicated to promoting
> computer users' right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute
> computer programs. The FSF promotes the development and use of free (as
> in freedom) software -- particularly the GNU operating system and its
> GNU/Linux variants -- and free documentation for free software. The FSF
> also helps to spread awareness of the ethical and political issues of
> freedom in the use of software, and its Web sites, located at fsf.org
> and gnu.org, are an important source of information about GNU/Linux.
> Donations to support the FSF's work can be made at
> http://donate.fsf.org. Its headquarters are in Boston, MA, USA.
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