Utah Pilots Open Source Infectious Disease Management System
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| Collaborative Software Initiative (CSI) today announced the release of the
| first open source, Web-based infectious disease reporting and management
| system.
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http://www.govtech.com/gt/323349?topic=117674
If the taxpayers fund it, it's natural to give it back to the public.
Related:
UK government launches open source CO2 calculatorUK government launches open
source CO2 calculator
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| Back in March the UK’s Conservative Party vowed to encourage the adoption
| of open source adoption if elected at the next General Election.*
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| Today the Labour Party did its bit by releasing the code behind its new
| carbon footprint calculator under the general public license.
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http://www.businessreviewonline.com/os/archives/2007/06/uk_government_l.html
Petition the UK Government to protect GPL software
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| Since software patents may threaten this fundamentally important freedom, we
| propose that software published under the GNU General Public Licence (version
| 3 and above) be given immunity from prosecution from patent infringement
| under the Copyright Designs and Patents Act.
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http://www.libervis.com/article/petition_the_uk_government_to_protect_gpl_software
SSC to release portal code under GPL
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| "I wrote a few weeks ago about how they should consider releasing software
| under the GPL," Christie writes. "Well, they have taken that on board and
| agreed to work with Catalyst to release the code for behind the new
| government portal (newzealand.govt.nz) under the GPL. I thought this was a
| great demonstration of how willing government agencies are to engage and take
| on board alternate ideas."
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http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/tech/E53E8CAE4C30736DCC2574250031EAE7
Report: Linux, open source greener than Windows
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| A new report from the U.K. Office of Government Commerce about Open
| Source Software Trials in Government, has found that servers running
| Linux could combat the rising problem of e-waste because they last
| up to twice as long as machines running Windows.
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http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1246762,00.html?track=sy184
http://tinyurl.com/38cge3
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