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The Architecture Neutral Distribution Format (ANDF) was commissioned by the OSF to allow common "shrink wrapped" binary application programs to be distributed for use on conformant Unix systems, each of which might run on different underlying hardware platforms.

The technology of ANDF, chosen after an evaluation of competing approaches and implementations, is TDF.

OSF never released ANDF, however TDF technology is now available under a free software license.

Bibliography

  • Stavros Macrakis, "The Structure of ANDF: Principles and Examples", Open Software Foundation, January, 1992.
  • Stavros Macrakis, "Protecting Source Code with ANDF", Open Software Foundation, November, 1992.

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