\pcontentsline {1}{Free Software}{2}{3}{1} \pcontentsline {0}{What is Free Software?}{3}{4}{} \pcontentsline {0}{\acro {GPL}\xspace : the Four Freedoms}{4}{5}{} \pcontentsline {0}{\acro {GPL}\xspace is Viral?}{5}{6}{} \pcontentsline {0}{\acro {GPL}\xspace and Proprietary}{6}{7}{} \pcontentsline {0}{Other Free Software Licences}{7}{8}{} \pcontentsline {0}{Mailing Lists: help from experts}{8}{9}{} \pcontentsline {0}{How to ask Questions on a List}{9}{10}{} \pcontentsline {1}{Open Standards}{10}{11}{1} \pcontentsline {0}{What is Open?}{11}{12}{} \pcontentsline {0}{What is Open 2?}{12}{13}{} \pcontentsline {1}{Practice}{13}{14}{1} \pcontentsline {0}{Availability}{14}{15}{} \pcontentsline {0}{Choice, No Royalty}{15}{16}{} \pcontentsline {0}{No Discrimination}{16}{17}{} \pcontentsline {0}{Extension, Predatory Practice}{17}{18}{} \pcontentsline {0}{Open Standards: Summary}{18}{19}{} \pcontentsline {1}{Government and Open Standards}{19}{20}{1} \pcontentsline {0}{Government: Choosing Standards}{20}{21}{} \pcontentsline {0}{Proprietary Consequences}{21}{22}{} \pcontentsline {1}{Internet Standards}{22}{23}{1} \pcontentsline {0}{Standards for the Internet}{23}{24}{} \pcontentsline {0}{\acro {IETF}\xspace standards: the RFCs}{24}{25}{} \pcontentsline {0}{WWW Consortium}{25}{26}{} \pcontentsline {0}{W3 Standards}{26}{27}{} \pcontentsline {0}{Conclusion}{27}{28}{}