Comment on Germany has just made the standard Open Document Format (ODF) mandatory
S_H_K@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days agoAs a guy who worked with property recods in US fucking yes. Some states gove the records in a closed format invented by one company. So you have to have their software if you want to work in some states.
Add it to the pile of illegal shit that is legal I guess…
Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I’ve heard building codes can be just as bad, some places the law just says to follow a book and you have to pay some company like $300 to get the book and license things