From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp-out1.bellatlantic.net([199.45.39.156]) (2141 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Tue, 14 Mar 2000 13:01:34 -0500 (EST) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: from sajka.bellatlantic.net (adsl-151-200-20-29.bellatlantic.net [151.200.20.29]) by smtp-out1.bellatlantic.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id NAA29122; Tue, 14 Mar 2000 13:01:29 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by sajka.bellatlantic.net (8.9.3/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA00699; Tue, 14 Mar 2000 12:58:57 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: sajka.bellatlantic.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 12:58:57 -0500 (EST) From: Janina Sajka X-Sender: janina@sajka.bellatlantic.net To: cpt.kirk@1tree.net cc: speakup mailing list Subject: Re: Daisy standard software In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII List-Id: Hi, Kirk: The simple and complete answer to your question is "yes," the NISO/Daisy standards are open and standards. Now, as to what exactly they'll be issued under -- let me remember to ask that at our meetings this coming weekend. Janina Sajka, Director Information Systems Research & Development American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) janina@afb.net On Tue, 14 Mar 2000 cpt.kirk@1tree.net wrote: > Janina, > > Is the standard for the book an open standard? That would certainly make > creating a Linux based reader easier. Also it would then be less risky. > Don't know if you have payed much attention to it. But I would hate to end > up in the same boat as the poor guy who dared to post code to play DVD > movies. Not that I think that there would be the same level of insanity, > but it does stop and make me think. > > Kirk Wood > Cpt.Kirk@1tree.net > ------------------ > > Your fly might be open (but don't check it just now). > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >