<![CDATA[Open Document Format is a vital component of freedom.]]>Open Document Format is a vital component of freedom. Learn about the invisible architecture of lock-in – the layering of dependencies: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/06/30/the-invisible-architecture-of-lock-in/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/b5eedef4-5315-45b1-8834-e42d664e1561/open-document-format-is-a-vital-component-of-freedom.RSS for NodeMon, 27 Jul 2026 01:37:07 GMTTue, 30 Jun 2026 11:39:26 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Open Document Format is a vital component of freedom. on Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:09:36 GMT]]>@libreoffice Wow, the situation's much worse than I thought. I thought differences in documents between MS Word and LibreOffice Writer were because OOXML was technically open, but the standard is far too complex for any other implementation to correctly implement. Didn't know about the proprietary OOXML Transitional extensions enabled by default for MS Office documents, and the proprietary fonts that make it impossible to create a free implementation without layout differences.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tech.lgbt/ap/users/116612407162815535/statuses/116838981717105903https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tech.lgbt/ap/users/116612407162815535/statuses/116838981717105903Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:09:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Open Document Format is a vital component of freedom. on Tue, 30 Jun 2026 11:54:38 GMT]]>@libreoffice I experienced that people blame for "crashing" the OOXML file format and someone even named ODT a "bad file format" because his closed source software did not implement the open standard correctly. So thank you for this post which will help to better explain to users.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://nrw.social/users/ManuelInSpace/statuses/116838922856758839https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://nrw.social/users/ManuelInSpace/statuses/116838922856758839Tue, 30 Jun 2026 11:54:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Open Document Format is a vital component of freedom. on Tue, 30 Jun 2026 11:51:15 GMT]]>@libreoffice

an much needed post - thank you

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