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< title > FSFE: NW UK businesses please tell Government that Open Standards matter</ title >
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< h1 > FSFE: North-West UK businesses please tell Government that Open Standards matter</ h1 >
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< p > Is the Government one of your potential customers? Free Software may shortly
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be locked out of opportunities in the public sector if proposed Open Standards
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policy is adopted.</ p >
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< p > Tomorrow afternoon the Cabinet Office < a href = "http://openstandardsroundtable5.eventbrite.co.uk/" > is consulting businesses</ a > in the North West of England
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on how the policy could affect the market, and whether it would result in a
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distorted playing-field for Free Software solutions.v
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Those in the Manchester area, please go to the meeting tomorrow afternoon in
MadLab Hackerspace and tell the Government if your business uses Open Standards as part of
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a product or service.</ p >
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< p > Free Software < a href = "/news/2012/news-20120426-01.html" > could be blocked</ a > from public sector use if the new policy allows
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"FRAND" terms within British standards. Intensive lobbying efforts have focused
on pressuring the Cabinet Office to back down on a strong definition of
Open Standards over the past few months, as recently revealed by < a href = "http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2012/04/how-microsoft-lobbied-against-true-open-standards-i/index.htm" > Freedom of
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Information requests</ a > .</ p >
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< p > Whether a national UK standard can be adopted if it blocks Free Software by
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requiring royalties to be paid to private third parties is not yet decided -
your comments tomorrow on how Open Standards affect your business could make
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the difference.</ p >
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