(Le bureau du Premier Ministre Français, François Fillon, a annoncé avoir émis une circulaire à tous les membres du gouvernement Français encourageant l’usage des formats ouverts et libres comme part de la nouvelle plate-form gouvernemental data.gouv.fr) The office of the Prime Minister of France, François Fillon, has announced that he has issued a circular to all members of the French government encouraging the use of free and open formats as part of new government platform data.gouv.fr

New procurement policy guidance from the UK government has defined open standards as having “intellectual property made irrevocably available on a royalty free basis”