Open Legislation, Part 1: What If Everybody Got to Write Laws?
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| Wikis and other online tools make possible a level of collaboration that
| couldn't have been imagined a few decades ago, noted Peter Leyden, director
| of the New Politics Institute.
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| "Twenty years ago there was no e-mail, but today all our governments run on
| it," Leyden told LinuxInsider. "Wikis are still a new technology that many
| people don't fully understand, but they're just useful tools to help
| collaboration, which ultimately is what much legislation comes down to.
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| "I can imagine that in another 20 years or so, these tools could be very
| common in government as a way to draft legislation," Leyden said. "It's an
| idea that should not be dismissed."
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/58298.html
Don't let Microsoft (re)write the laws with its 'amendments', e.g.:
Microsoft Muscles the NYS Legislature
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| Microsoft’s proposed change to state law would effectively render
| our current requirements for escrow and the ability for independent
| review of source code in the event of disputes completely meaningless
| - and with it the protections the public fought so hard for.
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http://nyvv.org/blog/bolipariblog.html
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