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<title>Document Freedom Day 2012: Activists around the world celebrate Open
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Standards</title>
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<h1>Document Freedom Day 2012: Activists around the world celebrate Open
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Standards</h1>
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<p>Free Software advocates worldwide are today
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celebrating information accessibility and Open Standards. 48 events in 17
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countries are using demonstrations, talks and workshops to explain why <a
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href="/freesoftware/standards/standards.html">Open Standards</a> and Free Software are crucial to
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a free and competitive information society.</p>
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<p>A network of 34 international <a
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href="http://documentfreedom.org/partners.html">partner organisations</a> are
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carrying this message to new audiences, from Cairo to Argentina, Poland to
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Taiwan, and the <a
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href="http://erikjosefsson.eu/sites/default/files/global_dfd_invite.html">
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European Parliament</a> to Aberystwyth University.</p>
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<p>"The growth of support for <a
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href="http://documentfreedom.org">Document Freedom Day</a> shows growing demand
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for accessible formats and unprejudiced standards" says Campaign Coordinator
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Matthias Kirschner. "Citizens, businesses, and politicians alike are calling for
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adoption of fairer and more compatible international standards". Prizes are
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being awarded this year by Document Freedom Day teams in <a
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href="/news/2012/news-20120328-01.html">Germany</a>, <a
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href="http://www.dfd-arezzo.tk/">Italy</a>, Slovakia and <a
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href="http://www.linux.org.pl/news/kontener-na-newsy-i-eventy/document-freedom-
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day-w-polsce">Poland</a>, to businesses and government offices which have
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recently adopted Open Standards within their organisations.</p>
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<p>Open Standards are a common language, publicly documented, that
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computer programs can speak. They are central to interoperability and freedom of
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choice in technology. Open Standards allow Free Software developers to create
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programs that can interoperate with other solutions, so users can migrate away
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from proprietary solutions.</p>
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<p>"Fresh support from celebrities like <a
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href="http://documentfreedom.org/testimonials.html#quote-fry">Stephen Fry</a>,
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and major community groups such as Open Rights Group have introduced Open
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Standards to new groups this year" said Deputy Campaign Coordinator, Sam Tuke.
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"We are delighted by the response we have received, and the additional political
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impact Document Freedom Day has achieved".</p>
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<p>Document Freedom Day 2012 is facilitated by the Free Software
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Foundation Europe, and supported by <a
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href="http://documentfreedom.org/sponsors.en.html">campaign patrons</a> Google
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and Oracle.</p>
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