Advocates against the use of image formats that are protected by patents. Presents a brief history of the GIF format as well as its open alternatives. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/gif.html
Governs the handling of patents in the process of producing Web standards. The goal of this policy is to assure that Recommendations produced under this policy can be implemented on a Royalty-Free (RF) basis. http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy
A non-profit corporation to increase the use and acceptance of open source technologies through the application, development and promotion of standards. http://www.freestandards.org/
Intercommunication and file formats should follow standards that are sincerely open for all to implement, without royalty fees or discrimination. http://sincerechoice.org/
Investigates the effects of patent proliferation and criticizes reasonable and non-discriminatory license terms (RAND) for patented technologies. http://xml.coverpages.org/patents.html