My Proposal (I included a note on inter-operability, since thats a famous buzz-word and changed the wording where it made more sense in short form):
I really like your proposal. It is a lovely compromise between my suggestion and the current text. But, as I mentioned, I don't want to force a compromise if we don't agree that it's a wise course of action.
I am fine with changing the text to my proposal :D It includes all points that I think are important.
The Portable Document Format (PDF) is a popular format to publish formatted text and documents. There are several different versions of it, some qualifying as an Open Standard, some certified by ISO, some encumbered by software patents. You might want to promote the versions that are Open Standards, because Open Standards guarentee inter-operability, competition and choice. Read more...
There are many programs to read and write PDF documents. The following list of PDF readers is vendor neutral. All of them are Free Software, i.e. software that respects your basic four freedoms, which give you control over your computer and help protect your privacy. Read more...
The first "Read more" would lead to more facts about PDF and also maybe about standards, patents and document freedom.
The second "Read more" would elaborate on Software Freedom. We could also omit the second "read more" and just hyperlink "four freedoms" and "Free Software" but that might reduce the clicks on it...
These texts would have to written by someone before the site gets updated.
If we go for this option, I could try to make a first draft of the PDF-text. The second "read more" could link to FSFE's "about Free Software" page.
Sounds good. :)
Hannes