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What formats fall into “Open Specification”?

In reply to the lenghty, elaborate, confusing, contradicting, and passionate discussion between Andrew and me in Which formats fall into “Open Data, Open Source, and Open Standards …
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Stackoverflow not open source — not a problem?

Awkward issue. This stackexchange is dedicated to question about open data and all things open source. It strikes me then that the very platform it has been created on is not open …
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Open Source Wiswesser line notation reader?

Is anyone aware of an Open Source (LGPL-compatible) algorithm for reading the Wiswesser Line Notation into a connection table? I just rediscovered Rich' nice blog about it from 200 …
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Which formats fall into “Open Data, Open Source, and Open Standards ”?

The Blue Obelisk page about "Open Standards" says that MDL and SMILES are "proprietary format[s]" and "not Open as there is no community process for its development; it can, in pri …
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What is the CML license?

What's the license on CML? I went looking for it in the repository but failed to find mention of a copyright or license. The only thing I found was in the Jumbo source All JUMB …
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What softwares are accepting CML files?

I would like to know how many and what softwares are capable to parser CML (Chemical Markup Languge) file format. Is there some web page already summarizing that? Thanks in advanc …
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Should modifiability be part of the Open Standards definition?

The current Blue Obelisk wiki for Open Standards does not include the right to modify a standard as requirement for a Standard to be Open, but focuses on the rights to implement th …