[tremon]

Note that this isn't a law (yet). This is a house initiative (motion?) that requests the current government to:

- mandate by law the use of open standards

- publish its knowledge about open source software through normal publication channels

The second provision is a small step towards creating a knowledge-sharing platform regarding the use and deployment of open source software in both government and business. The original motion asked for a dedicated platform, this amended version allows governments to use already-existing platforms.

I don't expect big changes from this, I suspect that MS Office Open XML would also be considered an open standard.

[buovjaga]

> I don't expect big changes from this, I suspect that MS Office Open XML would also be considered an open standard.

https://www.forumstandaardisatie.nl/lijst-open-standaarden

https://www.forumstandaardisatie.nl/standaard/odf

Unable to locate OOXML

[pmontra]

It's an ISO standard and we remember how it was approved

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standardization_of_Office_Op...