Editing Open standard (section)

==== Indian Government Definition ====

A clear [[royalty-free]] stance and far reaching requirements case is the one for [[India's Government]]<ref name="Policy in India">{{cite web|last1=Government of India|title=Policy on Open Standards for e-Governance|url=https://egovstandards.gov.in/sites/default/files/Published_Policy_Framework_Document/Policy%20on%20Open%20Standards%20for%20e-Governance.pdf|access-date=25 July 2014|ref=india}}</ref>

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'''4.1 Mandatory Characteristics'''
An Identified Standard will qualify as an "Open Standard", if it meets the following criteria:
*4.1.1 Specification document of the Identified Standard shall be available with or without a nominal fee.
* 4.1.2 The Patent claims necessary to implement the Identified Standard shall be made available on a Royalty-Free basis for the lifetime of the Standard.
* 4.1.3 Identified Standard shall be adopted and maintained by a not-for-profit organization, wherein all stakeholders can opt to participate in a transparent, collaborative and consensual manner.
* 4.1.4 Identified Standard shall be recursively open as far as possible.
* 4.1.5 Identified Standard shall have technology-neutral specification.
* 4.1.6 Identified Standard shall be capable of localization support, where applicable, for all Indian official Languages for all applicable domains.
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