__/ [ Oliver Wong ] on Monday 24 July 2006 20:23 \__
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> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1254562.X05pul7XG3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Open source bill ? it's about time
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>> | 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.
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>> http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=business06_july25_2006
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> <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>
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> 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
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