proprietary format - Revision history

Woozle: /* Overview */ cleaned up mysteriously unfinished sentence; clarification about MS Office formats

2007-11-20T01:05:27Z

Overview: cleaned up mysteriously unfinished sentence; clarification about MS Office formats

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	[[Category:Computer Terminology]][[Computing]]: [[closed format]]{{seed}}		[[Category:Computer Terminology]][[Computing]]: [[closed format]]{{seed}}
	==Overview==		==Overview==
	A [[proprietary format]] ("closed" is sometimes used as a synonym for "proprietary") is a format (i.e. data structure, [[protocol]], or other data storage/transfer standard) which is considered to be [[intellectual property]] and may not be used without the consent of the format's owner (usually given in the form of a license). This often prevents or severely hampers efforts to be able to read or write data stored in those formats in [[FOSS\|free software]] due to a number of factors, including licensing requirements typically imposed by owners of ~~proprietary~~ formats ~~as well as~~ the ~~secrecy which~~.		A [[proprietary format]] ("closed" is sometimes used as a synonym for "proprietary") is a format (i.e. data structure, [[protocol]], or other data storage/transfer standard) which is considered to be [[intellectual property]] and may not be used without the consent of the format's owner (usually given in the form of a license). This often prevents or severely hampers efforts to be able to read or write data stored in those formats in [[FOSS\|free software]] due to a number of factors, including licensing requirements typically imposed by owners of such formats.

			Examples of closed formats include: [[MP3]], [[WMA]], [[Microsoft Word]] .doc format, [[Microsoft Excel]] .xls format (both of the latter are in fact readable by a number of free software programs; the main problem there is the poor documentation of the format, not licensing restrictions).

	~~Examples of closed formats include: [[MP3]], [[WMA]], [[Microsoft Word]] .doc format, [[Microsoft Excel]] .xls format~~
	==Related articles==		==Related articles==
	* [[open format]]		* [[open format]]
	==Opinion==		==Opinion==
	* '''2002-01''' [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html We Can Put an End to Word Attachments] by RIchard M. Stallman		* '''2002-01''' [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html We Can Put an End to Word Attachments] by RIchard M. Stallman

Woozle: slight rework after name change

2006-07-17T19:46:39Z

slight rework after name change

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	[[Category:Computer Terminology]][[Computing]]: [[closed format]]{{seed}}A [[~~closed~~ format~~\|proprietary or~~ "closed" ~~format]]~~ is a format (i.e. data structure, [[protocol]], or other data standard) which is considered to be [[intellectual property]] and may not be used without the consent of the format's owner. This often prevents or severely hampers efforts to be able to read or write data stored in those formats in [[FOSS\|free software]] due to a number of factors, including licensing requirements typically imposed by owners of proprietary formats as well as the secrecy which.		=={{hide\|Navbar}}==
			[[Category:Computer Terminology]][[Computing]]: [[closed format]]{{seed}}
			==Overview==
			A [[proprietary format]] ("closed" is sometimes used as a synonym for "proprietary") is a format (i.e. data structure, [[protocol]], or other data storage/transfer standard) which is considered to be [[intellectual property]] and may not be used without the consent of the format's owner (usually given in the form of a license). This often prevents or severely hampers efforts to be able to read or write data stored in those formats in [[FOSS\|free software]] due to a number of factors, including licensing requirements typically imposed by owners of proprietary formats as well as the secrecy which.

	Examples of closed formats include: [[MP3]], [[WMA]], [[Microsoft Word]] .doc format, [[Microsoft Excel]] .xls format		Examples of closed formats include: [[MP3]], [[WMA]], [[Microsoft Word]] .doc format, [[Microsoft Excel]] .xls format

Woozle: closed format moved to proprietary format

2006-07-17T19:43:46Z

closed format moved to proprietary format

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Woozle: examples, other cleanup

2006-05-15T17:32:01Z

examples, other cleanup

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	[[Category:Computer Terminology]][[Computing]]: [[closed format]]{{seed}}A [[closed format\|proprietary or "closed" format]] is a format (i.e. data structure, [[protocol]], or other data standard) which is considered to be [[intellectual property]] and may not be used without the consent of the format's owner.		[[Category:Computer Terminology]][[Computing]]: [[closed format]]{{seed}}A [[closed format\|proprietary or "closed" format]] is a format (i.e. data structure, [[protocol]], or other data standard) which is considered to be [[intellectual property]] and may not be used without the consent of the format's owner. This often prevents or severely hampers efforts to be able to read or write data stored in those formats in [[FOSS\|free software]] due to a number of factors, including licensing requirements typically imposed by owners of proprietary formats as well as the secrecy which.

			Examples of closed formats include: [[MP3]], [[WMA]], [[Microsoft Word]] .doc format, [[Microsoft Excel]] .xls format
			==Related articles==
			* [[open format]]
	==Opinion==		==Opinion==
	* '''2002-01''' [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html We Can Put an End to Word Attachments]		* '''2002-01''' [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html We Can Put an End to Word Attachments] by RIchard M. Stallman

Woozle at 17:25, 15 May 2006

2006-05-15T17:25:04Z

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[[Category:Computer Terminology]][[Computing]]: [[closed format]]{{seed}}A [[closed format|proprietary or "closed" format]] is a format (i.e. data structure, [[protocol]], or other data standard) which is considered to be [[intellectual property]] and may not be used without the consent of the format's owner.
==Opinion==
* '''2002-01''' [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html We Can Put an End to Word Attachments]