Editing Open standard (section)

== Comparison of definitions ==

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!rowspan=2| Publisher !!rowspan=2| Time of pub&shy;lication
!colspan=2| {{abbr|Availa&shy;bility|Redistribution of Specification}}
!colspan=2| {{abbr|Usage rights|Licensing of essential patents}}
!colspan=2| {{abbr|Process|Process of further development}}
! Complete&shy;ness
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! style="writing-mode:vertical-rl;"| Free of charge<!-- Includes nominal / low price -->
! style="writing-mode:vertical-rl;"| FRAND terms
! style="writing-mode:vertical-rl;"| Royalty-free, irrevocably
! style="writing-mode:vertical-rl;"| FRAND terms
! style="writing-mode:vertical-rl;"| Open participation
! style="writing-mode:vertical-rl;"| Open viewing
! style="writing-mode:vertical-rl;"| Needs multiple vendor<br/>implementations or open<br/>reference for maturity
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| Joint IEEE, ISOC, W3C, IETF, IAB || 2012-08-12 || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{Bad|Red herring}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}}
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| ITU-T || 2005-03 || {{No}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}}
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| Pan-European eGovernment || 2004 || {{Partial|0 or nominal}} || {{N/A}} || {{Yes}} || {{N/A}} || {{Yes}} || {{N/A}} || {{No}}
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| Danish government || 2004 || {{Yes}} || {{N/A}} || {{Perhaps|Unclear}} || {{N/A}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}}
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| French law || 2004 || {{Unofficial|Implied}} || {{N/A}} || {{Unofficial|Implied}} || {{N/A}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}}
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| Indian government || 2014 || {{Partial|0 or nominal}} || {{N/A}} || {{Yes}} || {{N/A}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}}
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| Italian law || 2005-03-07 || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}}
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| New Zealand e-GIF || 2007-06-22 || {{Yes}} || {{N/A}} || {{Perhaps|Unclear}} || {{N/A}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}}
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| Portuguese law || 2011-06-21 || {{Yes}} || {{N/A}} || {{Yes}} || {{N/A}} || {{Yes}} || {{N/A}} || {{No}}
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| South African government || 2007 || {{Yes}} || {{N/A}} || {{Yes}} || {{N/A}} || {{Yes}} || {{N/A}} || {{Yes}}
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| Spanish law || 2007-06-22 || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{Partial|0 or low}} || {{N/A}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}}
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| UK government || 2012 || {{Partial|0 or low}} || {{N/A}} || {{Yes}} || {{N/A}} || {{Yes}} || {{N/A}} || {{Yes}}
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| Venezuelan law || 2004-12-23 || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{Unofficial|Implied}} || {{N/A}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}}
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| Bruce Perens || data-sort-value=2002|before 2002 || {{Partial|Preferred}} || {{Unofficial|Implied}} || {{Yes}} || {{N/A}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}}
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| Microsoft || data-sort-value=2006|c. 2006 || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}} || {{N/A}} || {{Yes}} || {{N/A}} || {{No}}
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| Open Source Initiative || 2006–09 || {{No}} || {{Yes}} || {{Partial}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}} || {{N/A}} || {{No}}
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| Ken Krechmer || 2005-01 || {{No}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{N/A}} || {{Yes}} || {{N/A}} || {{No}}
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| W3C || 2005–09 || {{Yes}} || {{N/A}} || {{Yes}} || {{N/A}} || {{Yes}} || {{N/A}} || {{No}}
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| DIGISTAN || data-sort-value=2008|c. 2008 || {{Yes}} || {{N/A}} || {{Yes}} || {{N/A}} || {{Yes}} || {{N/A}} || {{No}}
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| FSFE || 2001 || {{Yes}}<!-- "without constraints" --> || {{No}}<!-- https://fsfe.org/freesoftware/standards/why-frand-is-bad-for-free-software.en.html --> || {{Unofficial|Implied}} || {{N/A}} || {{Yes}} || {{N/A}} || {{Yes}}
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| FFII || data-sort-value=2004|before 2004 || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}} || {{N/A}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}}
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