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Campaign for Document Freedom.
"Previous proprietary document formats have become difficult or impossible to read within little more than a decade.  There is no reason to believe this trend will not continue if allowed so to do.  Without open standards for our documents we are likely to inflict a 'digital dark-age' on our descendants when they discover that they are unable to read any of the sources for their history, such as Government records, acts of Parliament, property title deeds, scientific research papers, and family histories.  They will not forgive us if we fail to
act to protect them now, but instead allow another generation of poorly specified proprietary standards to become widely adopted." - from [http://www.ukuug.org/ooxml/ UKUUG press release]


'''Why Document Freedom?'''
'''Why Document Freedom?'''


We live in an age in which paper documents increasingly get replaced by electronic records. Document freedom is fundamental for your documents to outlive the application you are currently using and allows you to choose and change applications freely.
We live in an age in which paper documents increasingly get replaced by electronic records. Document freedom is fundamental for your documents to outlive the application you are currently using and allows you to choose and change applications freely.
"Previous proprietary document formats have become difficult or impossible to read within little more than a decade.  There is no reason to believe this trend will not continue if allowed so to do.  Without open standards for our documents we are likely to inflict a 'digital dark-age' on our descendants when they discover that they are unable to read any of the sources for their history, such as Government records, acts of Parliament, property title deeds, scientific research papers, and family histories.  They will not forgive us if we fail to
act to protect them now, but instead allow another generation of poorly specified proprietary standards to become widely adopted." - from [http://www.ukuug.org/ooxml/ UKUUG press release]


'''Document Freedom and Democracy'''
'''Document Freedom and Democracy'''
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===Open Letter to Wipro, Infosys and TCS===
===Open Letter to Wipro, Infosys and TCS===
* [http://fossmeet.in/node/128 FOSSMeet Team, NIT Calicut]
* [http://fossmeet.in/node/128 FOSSMeet Team, NIT Calicut]
'''Pictures of Open Letter on College Notice Board'''
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===Open Document Format as the default Document standard for Institution ===
* As a part of Document Freedom Day 2008, Fossers of Vidya, the Free Software Users Group, [Thrissur/VAST Vidya Academy] submitted a request to Principal of the institution requesting ODF as the institute standard. The request suggested for making ODF the default standard for all academic requirements such as project submission and seminar presentation making and for all institutional document archiving.
**[http://hiraneffects.blogspot.com/2008/03/dfd-08-request-considered-for-odf-as.html Fossers of Vidya's Appeal], Vidya Vidya Academy of Science and Technology, Thrissur


==Resources==
==Resources==
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