[Wylug-help] Openness of RTF

[Paul Grenyer]

Hi

> An odd question - I've just been asked if RTF is truly an open format.
> Now I always thought it was, but then didn't feel able to say 'yes' or
> 'no' with authority.
>
> I wondered if any WYLUG members could provide any background on it?

Googling for "Rich Text Format" thorws up some interesting results,
including these two:

http://www.biblioscape.com/rtf15_spec.htm
http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?Rich+Text+Format

Niether answer your question fully, but some of the other results might.

Regards
Paul

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