begin oe_protect.scr
Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Oliver Wong ] on Monday 24 July 2006 20:23 \__
>
>>
>> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:1254562.X05pul7XG3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Open source bill ? it's about time
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | If all goes well, the country will get its first open source bill,
>>> | courtesy of Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño. It's about time.
>>> |
>>> | The country can reap a good number of tangible benefits from free and
>>> open
>>> | source software (FOSS) and it's time the government did more to
>>> encourage
>>> | its use.
>>> `----
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=business06_july25_2006
>>
>> <quote>
>> We don't know as yet what shape the Casiño bill will take, so it's
>> impossible to discuss it in any detail. This early, however, it's important
>> that the bill is carefully drafted and promoted along pragmatic and not
>> just ideological lines. It's also crucial that the bill gain broad,
>> nonpartisan support that transcends politics.
>> </quote>
>>
>> Any ideas what the bill might legislate? If, for example, the bill
>> makes
>> it illegal to use anything except OSS, I'd see that as a "bad thing", as
>> I'm a pro-choice kind of guy, as another poster, chrisv, puts it. I
>> advocate using the right tool for the job. Sometimes the right tool is OSS,
>> but sometimes it's not.
>
> Apologies for some inaccuracies. I didn't read the article properly.
>
> I think this bIll is intended to give guidance on the use of Open Source,
> never to the exclusion of alternative technology. In government entities, on
> the other hand, where security and privacy are concerned, a different case
> could be made (electoral appliances and software come to mind). For
> similarity, see the recent awakening in Croatia.
>
> Croatian government defined open source policy
>
> http://kost.com.hr/blog/index.php?title=croatian_government_defined_open_source_&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
Our Mr Wong is advocating taking choice from the people through
governments using proprietary software...
--
| Mark Kent -- mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk |
What no spouse of a writer can ever understand is that a writer is working
when he's staring out the window.
|
|
