summary of Re: Beyond 'open standard'

[Sam Liddicott]

* Stefano Maffulli wrote, On 19/07/06 18:22:
> Sean Daly suggested:
>   
>> "open unencumbered standard"
>>     
>
> and Sam Liddicott added an 'and' to it.  That is a fine term, too.  But
> like non-discriminatory it carries a negation in front.  In any case I
> couldn't find a simple translation in Italian and gave up on this too.
>   
Unencumbered has specific meaning, strongly suggesting (in english) that
there are no restrictions or controls on use.
Other words might be emancipated, unrestricted,harmonious, cordial
I agree the "un" is technically a negation but in english it
unencumbered and unrestricted read as positive things.
Sorry I can't help with the Italian. Maybe you could ask a legal person
for the equivalent of "without entailment" in Italian?

> and I stop here.  I like this: fair is a good term. Like in "fair trade"
> or "fair play" it carries a positive meaning, non discrimination is
> included.  IMHO we have a clear winner here.  What do you think?
>
>   
"fair standard" sounds like it means the same thing as "RAND", because
fair=reasonable. and fair=non-discriminatory.
I worry that it therefore fails to even raise controversy because people
would think they know what it means when they don't.

Otherwise I like the "open free standard" or "open and free standard."

I think we like "open" because we know what open is supposed to mean,
but as acknowledged it often doesn't, the "and-free" works to
distinguish it from the wrong sort of openness.

and the "free" could be cash:free or GNU:free and means the same thing
in its context here, so that lack of confusion would be a benefit.

Sam


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