[Lilux-info] OpenOffice & Open Document Format

Moiën, I have been asked to participate in a "Licencsing" workshop for the upcoming LinuxDays Lux. I guess it will mostly be about Creative Commons, GPL, etc, with my main knowledge being about issues around CC. http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=office Is it possible for someone to give an introduction on the practical issues of working with Open Document Format, maybe for LinuxDays? By practical I mean: Status of OOo implementation, (in 1.1.5 & 2.0), use in other Office suites (M$, others,...), Conversion into other formats (rtf, pdf, ps, ...) I believe the OASIS licensing terms for the Open Document standard might be crucial for compliance with coming "Public Information directive" and assuring Long-term archiving and Long-term retrieval (without having to buy proprietary software). Please also see: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/64262 (Massachusetts wechselt zu Open Document) I hope to be on top of the subject of Open Document Format Licence as well as Public Information Directive for LinuxDays, any takers for the above info on open doc? Regards, Patrick Peiffer www.luxcommons.lu